California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA)

All those studies linking broccoli, fiber, blueberries, wine, fat, sugar, this, that, with a greater or lower risk for cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, headache, earache, you name it. Perhaps you sometimes wonder: How big of an effect are we talking about? Or even: Should I believe this?

A California congressman has joined a number of national leadership groups in a groundswell of opposition to a campaign by the Teamsters union and allied politicians to change longstanding federal transportation law. The union is seeking taxpayer-funded help in organizing port drayage truck drivers by banning independent owner-operators from ports.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday that 74% of commercial truck and bus drivers are now using their safety belts, up from 65% in 2007.

A Nebraska bill aimed at cracking down on trucking and construction companies that misclassify workers as independent contractors went through its first round of approvals Thursday, March 18,2010.

Caltrans Director Randy Iwasaki is leaving his state post to take over a Contra Costa County transportation agency.

By Jesse Lanum -  Martinez News-gazett

On February 26, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) held a symposium in Sacramento on the effects of PM2.5, a form of pollutant that is in part caused by diesel exhaust, on premature deaths. The symposium was intended to debate the science that buttresses the diesel regulations that truckers complain have cost many of them their jobs.

Two Texas-based refinery giants have pledged as much as $2 million to fund signature gathering for a ballot initiative to suspend California’s landmark global warming law, according to Sacramento sources.
The companies, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., own refineries in California that would be forced under the law to slash emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

Know a really bad driver? Changes are they might be an attorney, judge, government worker or a dog groomer, according to a new study listing the most dangerous drivers by profession.

A popular phone app could help you save daily commuting challenges. Some law enforcement agencies want to eliminate the daily news releases on where they are setting shop.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the subject of a new report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office ( LAO) finds that in many departments, especially engineering and construction, it is measurably overstaffed and wasteful, which reduces the effectiveness of its infrastructure-building efforts.

FMCSA Announces  Pre-Employment Screening Program

As mandated by Congress in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, Title 49 U.S. Code, section 31150 Public Law 109-59, Section 4117, the DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has recently announced the launch of their Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP). The PSP is a screening tool that allows motor carriers and