Though wildly controversial the ELD Mandate has flashed a light on some major concerns that have been plaguing the trucking industry for some time now. One is the lack of available safe overnight parking, particularly in Metro areas. Another is the issues with hours of service (HOS) regulations. Due to a grassroots push from the […]
Employer of Choice: Providing Health Care in New York
Providing quality affordable health care is one of the great stresses placed on employers as costs keep rising, plans keep changing, and employees factor in such benefits when choosing where to work. As such, employers in New York must ensure that their company offers the best health care options possible. The 2019 rates in New […]
An Open Letter to Veronica Vanterpool and the MTA Board of Directors
Dear Ms. Vanterpool, It is no surprise that you, a member of the MTA’s board took to selling Move NY’s flawed congestion pricing scheme in the pages of the NY Daily News (Mayor, Get Behind Progressive Congestion Pricing). It’s more pork for your agency but is a bad deal for NYC. The plan calls for […]
Straight Talk on NYC Traffic Congestion
The weather’s warming up and the war on trucks and drivers continues. On June 5, the City Council’s Transportation Committee called a hearing to explore ideas for dealing with the City’s congestion woes. Invited to the City Council hearing were City DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Chief of Transportation, Thomas Chan, MoveNY (the congestion pricing […]
Long Island Truck Route Fight
When the New York DOT proposed a new Long Island truck route on Nassau County’s South Oyster Bay Road, residents of Syosset, Hicksville, Plainview, and Bethpage, joined together to try to block it. The route, requested by Fed Ex to ease access to their new hub at the old Grumman site in Bethpage, goes through […]