December 11, 2014: Fatigue focus of restart debate; Report finds high rate of trucking injuries; EU may table truck safety/efficiency reforms.

Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:

• Truck driver fatigue is becoming a flashpoint in the debate over a controversial budget bill rider, notes StreetsblogUSA; a rider that would suspend the 34-hour restart provision within current hours of service (HOS) rules.
• The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries says in a new report trucking suffers from one of the highest rates of workplace injuries.
• A story in TriplePundit claims that trucking companies are becoming more “sustainable.”
• A trucking firm wins a local township zoning dispute, according to the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader.
• A powerful storm is striking broad expanses of Northern California, reports Fox News; transportation is expected to be affected.  
• Who gets the monetary benefit from lower diesel prices, truckers or shippers? Businessweek delves into that thorny question.
• A new set of truck safety and efficiency rules being debated by the European Union may be tabled until 2022, reports Reuters.
• The Teamsters just scuttled another unionization vote at one of FedEx Freight’s Pennsylvania terminals, notes Yahoo News, leaving the union down 3-8 in its unionization efforts to date at the giant LTL carrier, according to the Memphis Business Journal.