Posts by MTAC Staff

Late last week, MTAC President Joe Sculley, along with MTAC Board member Helen Brooks, attended the grand opening of FedEx’s new facility in Middletown, CT. The Hartford Courant covered the event, and here is some of what their article has to say: FedEx Ground puts its combination of facilities on the site at 600,000 square…

By Bob Pitcher, State Laws Newsletter The State Laws Newsletter noted earlier that the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Board has approved the UCR Handbook as official guidance for states and industry on many aspects of the program. The handbook is available at the UCR website noted above, and will be updated to reflect new Board…

From Fox 61 via AP: Connecticut governor contenders clash over tolls and taxes. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont says he wants to impose tolls on just tractor trailers, but his Republican opponent claims that would lead to even more tolls down the road for Connecticut. Bob Stefanowski on Monday said “of course he’s going to…

From Waterbury Republican American. In the trucking industry, where only 6 percent of commercial truck drivers are women, according to LTX, companies are offering more incentives to attract drivers. “Truck drivers are getting more money, more benefits, sign-on bonuses,” Sculley said. “That will attract anybody.” Sculley said traditional gender roles could be to blame for…

Late last week, MTAC President Joe Sculley visited member company Smart Choice Trucking. Smart Choice Trucking, LLC provides interstate heavy hauling transportation. Their customer service area includes local, and regional transportation throughout New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Smart Choice hauls perishable, non-perishable, and hazardous material. They take pride in offering the highest quality of customer satisfaction…

From Hartford Courant – Six Moments From The Ned Lamont, Bob Stefanowski Debate. “If you want higher taxes, vote for Mr. Lamont.” Who said it? Stefanowski The business executive from Madison slammed Lamont’s plan to restore a popular property tax credit to help middle class homeowners. “You know how large his property tax cut is? $100,’’…

MTAC is pleased to announce that online payment is now available on the MTAC website. Simply visit https://mtac.us/payment/ to go directly to the online payments page. Members will need their invoice number(s) in order to process the payment online. This new online payment system has the ability to process payment for multiple invoices at the…

From Hartford Courant. Even as Congressman John Larson campaigns for “Big Dig” highway tunnels beneath Hartford, state transportation planners said Thursday they see trouble ahead for the vision — one of a handful of options now under study to ease congestion at the interchange of I-84 and I-91. “We have a lot of concerns with…

Message from Transport Hartford. The City of Hartford is installing 40 Omni-Ped centerline crosswalk signs at 30 locations across the city. Hartford’s Police Department Traffic Division is also getting five of these signs to use at crosswalks around special events. We secured National Safety Council Road to Zero funding for these signs as part of…

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched an online data collection initiative to solicit commercial driver perspectives on how they are affected by customer detention. The driver feedback will be utilized to better understand how excessive delays at shipper/receiver facilities impacts driver productivity, safety and hours-of-service compliance. This data collection initiative is part of…