The “Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Information Session” YouTube video discusses the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program, which is a collaboration between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Labor, and Commercial Drivers License division. The program, established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021, aims to enroll 1000 carriers and focuses on safety, […]

Testing program expanded; reexamination wait time and fee removed; extended test result validity As a result of the 2022 General Assembly session, three new laws make the licensing process smoother through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and its partners by expanding commercial driver’s license (CDL) testing providers, removing the wait time and fee […]

After serving as a hospital corpsman in the Navy, Allentown resident Matthew Marcano was looking for a career. He found it as a truck driver. On Tuesday, Mareano told an audience that included U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about finding the opportunity for a second career at Lehigh Carbon Community College’s commercial driver’s license […]

The push to add veterans to the trucking industry has been apparent over the past year. That push continued on April 4 with President Joe Biden’s announcement of a new task force. Task Force Movement: Life-Cycle Pathways for Veterans and Military into Trucking is the latest effort to transition veterans into a career in trucking. […]

America’s truck drivers are essential to keeping the goods we all rely on—and our economy—Woman Driving a Truck. moving. Unfortunately, the industry continues to face long-standing recruitment and retention challenges as the demand for drivers has grown during the pandemic. That’s why the Biden-Harris Administration took action and created the Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen […]

“A lack of truck parking across the country is about more than just inconvenience, it impacts safety and retention as exhausted drivers have nowhere to rest.” — The White House WASHINGTON — From acknowledging the lack of safe 18-wheeler parking to ensuring female truck drivers are safe from sexual predators, President Joe Biden and members […]

Since Day 1, the Biden-Harris Administration has taken on the supply chain disruptions and price increases resulting from the decades-long lack of investment in the nation’s goods movement supply chain. The Administration enacted the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to bring our infrastructure to the 21st century, worked with ports to clear the docks and gets good […]

America’s trucking industry moves 72% of American goods, but needs 80,000 new truckers to keep the country moving. To answer this critical supply chain need, President Joe Biden is launching the Veterans Trucking Task Force to put veterans in driver’s seats. The Veterans Trucking Task Force will work with national veterans organizations to create a […]

THE PRESIDENT: I think she can do anything she wants, don’t you? Well, hello, everyone. It’s an honor to welcome you to the White House out on the lawn here. I heard that helicopter going by. I was hoping the helo wasn’t going to land. (Laughter.) Maria, thanks for sharing your story. And my buddy, […]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — KRIS 6 News has an update on a local army veteran and single mom who had to change careers. On Friday, Ashley Leiva was presented the keys to her brand new Kenworth rig she won last year. We shared her Army to civilian life story on Veterans in Focus. After the […]