Posts by MTAC Staff

By Bob Pitcher, State Laws Newsletter The Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has issued a memorandum on the liabilities under the heavy vehicle use tax of the parties to a lease of an owner-operator vehicle when the lease ends part-way through the tax year. As usual, the memo states that it…

From the Scopelitis Firm: A Texas judge just issued his final order rejecting the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) attempt to raise the salary level for “white collar” exemptions from overtime. The same judge granted a preliminary stay of the rule in late 2016 just before the rule was set to take effect. The judge’s…

Excerpt from Transport Topics article. Tropical Storm Harvey is being blamed for a price spike to have certain trucks carry goods into the Houston region, said Noël Perry, partner and transportation economist at FTR Transportation Intelligence. The inbound rate for flatbed trucks, used to haul construction materials and the like, increased 4% for the period…

Excerpt from Record Journal: Both the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association have embraced Malloy’s plan, saying infrastructure improvements are needed to support the state’s economy. “Congestion on the highway hinders commerce,” said Joe Scully, president of the transport association, which represents the state’s hauling industry. CBIA recently identified…

Late last week, MTAC President Joe Sculley visited MTAC member Ryder at one of their Connecticut locations. Businesses trust Ryder because they have the experience, expertise, and resources to manage critical fleet, transportation, and supply chain functions. Regardless of the size of a business or the industry they serve, Ryder has a solution to help…

From CVSA: The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will begin enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate requirements on Dec. 18, 2017. The out-of-service criteria (OOSC) associated with the ELD mandate will go into effect on April 1, 2018. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) congressionally mandated ELD compliance deadline is still set for Dec.…

From the Connecticut DOT: The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced there will be an additional lane reduction implemented on the Gold Star Bridge on I-95 southbound in Groton and New London to facilitate ongoing construction and bridge repairs. The project is slated to start on Tuesday, September 5th. The travel lane coming from the…

Message from the Connecticut DOT: The I-84 Danbury Project is an important initiative to improve safety, increase capacity, and improve operations and access between Exits 3 and 8 in Danbury.  As part of Let’s GO CT! – the Governor’s $100 billion, 30-year transportation investment plan that identified projects that will contribute to economic growth and…

From Overdrive Online: North American truck and bus inspectors placed more than 12,000 vehicles out-of-service during their 72-hour Roadcheck enforcement blitz held June 6-8. Another nearly 3,000 drivers were placed out-of-service during the week-long event. Enforcers in sum conducted 62,013 inspections. Of those, 19.4 percent (12,030) resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order, and 4.7 percent…

From Associated Press via Transport Topics: President Donald Trump’s road to getting legislation through Congress this year to restore the nation’s crumbling infrastructure appears increasingly precarious. Trump has yet to release a plan despite his campaign pledge to create jobs by building bigger and better transportation and other types of infrastructure projects. Administration officials have…