Podcast: This week's trucking headlines see CDL scrutiny, LTL shutdown
This week in trucking, DOT is targeting Colorado's non-domiciled CDLs, Standard Forwarding Freight ceased operations, and an advocacy group sued California DMV.
These are the major trucking and transportation industy headlines this week, a little early for the new year holidays:
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Summaries of the stories are below:
DOT targeting Colorado over non-domiciled CDLs
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is threatening Colorado for non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses that DOT says are illegal. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that if Colorado does not immediately revoke illegally issued truck licenses, it will lose access to federal funding and could have its CDL program decertified.
Standard Forwarding Freight may be shutting down
Less-than-truckload carrier Standard Forwarding Freight ceased its daily operations this week. The carrier called it a temporary suspension of day-to-day operations and a workforce reduction. Teamsters, meanwhile, claims that the company intends to shut down its operations entirely.
Sikh Coalition suing California over CDL cancelation
An advocacy group for practitioners of the Indian religion, Sikhism, filed a class action lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The Sikh Coalition’s suit argues that California’s cancelation of over 17,000 non-domiciled CDLs is unlawful.
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Editor Jeremy Wolfe joined the FleetOwner team in February 2024. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with majors in English and Philosophy. He previously served as Editor for Endeavor Business Media's Water Group publications.
