Archive for Regulations – Page 2

Over the past few weeks I’ve attend TMC’s Interactive Client Forum and Descartes’ Evolution 2011 User Conference (TMC and Descartes are ARC clients). At both conferences, there were speakers focused on regulatory trends in transportation. The Descartes conference featured Annette Sandberg, a former Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). TMC’s conference featured Angie Freeman, C.H. Robinson’s VP of Investor Relations and Public Affairs (TMC is… Continue reading

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Time to hit pause on the new Florence + The Machine album, which I can’t seem to get enough of these past few days (check out the video for new single here), to report on this week’s news.

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Thanks to the roller coaster ride on Wall Street this week, my dream of retiring at 82.5 has been torn to pieces, just like the Powerball lottery ticket I tossed in the trash after not winning the jackpot on Wednesday—heck, I didn’t even get a single number!

And so I blog…

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Wells Fargo Senior Analyst Anthony Gallo published an excellent document on March 28 highlighting critical problems with CSA 2010. You can contact me or contact Anthony directly at anthony.gallo@wellsfargo.com for the full document, but I want to highlight a couple of key points. The analysis shows little or no correlation between the CSA BASIC scores for unsafe driving and fatigued driving and accidents per million miles. Everyone wants to see… Continue reading

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) initially sold CSA 2010 as a tool for carriers to drive continuous improvement in driver safety, and it specifically said that this data was not intended for brokers, shippers, law firms, or insurance underwriters. But now that the data is publicly available, it is going to be used by everyone, not just carriers. (I can’t find any evidence of a lawsuit being… Continue reading

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