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One thing I hate is when people complain about things they need and/or use without acknowledging that their need; their usage is contributing the very thing they complain about. When I was in college a fellow student was complaining about how much our university president earned. I attended a private, Christian, liberal arts university and […]

This will be a different sort of blog-post from me today. I am going to highlight the trucks; some new regulations, some cool things, etc. I hope you enjoy it. A few years back (2009, I think) President Obama raised carmakers’ Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirement (an average MPG rating across the automaker’s entire

Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, wrote a blog-post about the FAST Act. In his post, he talked about his history as mayor of Charlotte and then as the Transportation Secretary; how he and President Obama have been working hard to get bills done that would improve infrastructure and the nation’s highways and solve other transportation-related needs. He

Congress approved the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act yesterday. The House passed the bill 359 to 65 and the Senate voted 83 to 16. The bill now moves to President Obama’s desk. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest has stated that President Obama will sign the bill into law today. The current, temporary highway bill expires today.

Taking a break from the heavier politically relevant items that affect our industry (no pun intended), here is a fun, whimsical story about our industry. John Schank hauled the Capitol Christmas Tree from Tacoma, WA to Washington, D.C. The 74’ Lutz spruce was cut down in Alaska and shipped via boat to Tacoma where Schank took

Twelve Senators and 28 House Representatives met in committee to hash out the differences between the Senate’s DRIVE Act and the House of Representatives’ STRR Act. Their efforts have produced the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The FAST Act is a $305 billion, 5-year bill. In the American Journal of Transportation, the Coalition of America’s Gateways

Despite well publicized instances to the contrary, food safety in the U.S. is probably on par or better than virtually any other modern nation on the planet. That said, it would be counter-logical and counter-productive to suggest we cannot continue to make improvements… With that in mind, in 2011 Congress passed a law, The Food

The Department of Transportation (DOT) published the new rule that prohibits companies from pressuring truck drivers to operate their vehicles illegally. The rule will go into effect January 30, 2016. This is a good rule. If we want truck drivers to follow driving hours limits and other safety-enhancing laws, we (as consumers, as carriers, as

At Zion Transport, we; the owners, the admin team, the dispatchers, the sales team, want to offer a heart-felt thank you to God and to all our customers for making all this possible. We truly appreciate the opportunity to serve you and we look forward to growing our relationships with you. We hope your Thanksgiving

I love this! This is really “old news” but I just found it. A Mississippi truck driver, Robert Gray, got his name on the Democratic primary to run for governor of his state. And he won. He is facing the incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Bryant next November. Look, I get it, politicians can be proverbial joking punching