Liveonweb By Transport Topics

Eugene Mulero's full interview with Carlos Braceras of the Utah department of transportation.

A long-term highway bill is on the tips of everyone's tongues these days because the impact of not having a strategy in place, according to many, is grim. What does a long-term bill look like? Why is it needed? What does a funding package look like? Nobody within freight transporation is without an opinion or solution. We will mine them all in a rousing conversation with Editorial Director Neil Abt and our Washington insider, Eugene Mulero.

ATA and Longistics Chairman Duane Long and Armstrong & Associates President Evan Armstrong join Transport Topics' Jonathan Reiskin and Dan Bearth for this analysis of the 2015 Top 50 Logistics Companies list and an analysis of recent logistics trends.

Driver training may be the single-most important issue that you consider this year. The moment for the conversation has never been more pertinent. FMCSA has commissioned a 26-member panel of industry representatives to take up mandatory training for entry-level driving. And, at the same time, motor carriers and other affiliate companies find themselves looking for ways to fill seats with quality drivers.

Our Skype session with Stephen Keppler shed more insight than we could include in our live broadcast. Here's the full 12-minute, extremely shareable interview to listen to when you're ready to get the complete picture on ELDs.

In this LiveOnWeb discussion panel, the Transport Topics tech team focuses on truck tech -- and gives special attention to ELDs. Stephen Keppler, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, joins the chat, via Skype, and sheds light on everything from tampering to enforcement. Then, our writers engage in meaningful conversation about what all of it means. Doing so, they attempt to give you some guidance (and food for thought).

In this follow-up to January's Driver Shortage discussion, the Transport Topics Crew answer questions that didn't make the original broadcast.

Whether you drive or you own a fleet, whether you ship goods or monitor the industry, you have questions: What is at the center of the driver shortage? What will change in 2015? How will the argument shift? And, if it does shift, what new solutions might come about? Everyone has an opinion. But imagine what might happen if you put a carrier company executive, a driver, and two Transport Topics reporters in the same room and let them discuss the questions. You could get some interesting answers. 154 viewer questions guide the content of this hour-long episode.

When Managing Editor Lorrie Grant stepped out of the newsroom to moderate this reporter's roundtable, we expected a candid 360-degree tour of the most important developing stories in freight. We could not have predicted what came next! Congressional reporter Eugene Mulero broke news about the Omnibus spending bill and FMCSA during the broadcast. And, not to be outdone, Senior Business Reporter Rip Watson donned his prognosticator's cap to give valuable insight.