The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver of 18-wheelers to be at least age 21. That appears to be changing. With the passage of the November 2021 $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment Act, Congress requires the Federal […]
18 Blog Posts From the OOIDA Tag
Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig? NMA E-Newsletter #685
February 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • ATA, CDL, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, FMCSA, INSURANCE, OOIDA, Parking, SAFETY
You Have Trouble Parking? At Least, You’re Not a Trucker
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter in August 2021. If you would like to subscribe to the one-topic newsletter that arrives in the inbox every Sunday morning, click here. We need truckers—these men and women crisscross the country to bring goods to shelves everywhere, and without them, our economic engine […]
You Have Trouble Parking? At Least, You’re Not a Trucker: NMA E-Newsletter #657
We need truckers—these men and women crisscross the country to bring goods to shelves everywhere, and without them, our economic engine would grind to a halt. Commercial truck driving is not an easy profession, but in 29 states, it is the most common. Finding a place to park has become one of the biggest problems […]
Pennsylvania Goes Tollistic
• February 24, 2021 • 1 Comment • E-ZPass, Electric Vehicle, Fuel, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, LICENSE PLATE, NMA, OOIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls
Editor’s Note: After we posted this Tolling in America Blog, Car and Driver posted an article with a headline question: Can You Name the World’s Most Expensive Toll Road? and guess what? It is the great state of Pennsylvania! Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation decided this month to place tolls on nine bridges located on […]
Is it Really Tough Times for Toll Roads Ahead?
July 13, 2020 • 0 Comments • ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, OOIDA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The website Chief Investment Officer posted in June a lament for how tough it is for toll roads right now. Here’s a quote, “The typically stable asset class has been hit as traffic levels have dropped 40 percent to 85 percent globally, S&P analysts say.” So the website tells […]
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