Transport Topics

Community Colleges in Four States Enhance CDL Training

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Efforts to get more truck drivers on the road are taking place in several states with new community commercial driver license training ...
Transport Topics

FMCSA Proposes Adding Location Flexibility to CDL Testing Process

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a proposed rule July 24 meant to ease the process for people pursuing a commercial driver license. The rule would allow CDL applicants to take ...
CCJ

Bill to streamline CDL testing reintroduced

With a new Congress comes the reintroduction of legislation that failed to gain traction during previous Congressional sessions. One such bill is the Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-Takers Now ...
Fleet Owner

New CDL-testing provision may raise eyebrows

One provision of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) recently amended final rule on Commercial Driver’s License Testing and Commercial Learner’s Permit Standards may cause ...
CCJ

Backlog of CDL testing could create a chokepoint for driver hiring later this year

Employment in the for-hire trucking industry fell in April by 88,000 jobs due to economic slowdown from coronavirus. While the driver shortage is temporarily erased, a chokepoint in licensing and ...