North Dakota a step closer to bigger trucks

LLN (2/9/21) – North Dakota lawmakers have taken yet another step toward allowing bigger trucks on the state highways, while Michigan is looking to private money to help pay for needed bridge work. Also, the pandemic has changed or delayed a lot of things – but the organizers of Trucking Families Appreciation Week are determined to move ahead with the celebration. And Last week, OOIDA’s executive vice president told Congress all the ways they failed to help truckers financially during the pandemic. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that nearly three times as many carriers shut down in 2020 compared with the year before – and they cite some of the very things OOIDA brought up.

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9:44 – Trucking Families Appreciation Week.

24:37 – North Dakota bigger trucks; Michigan public private partnerships.

39:59 – Carriers shut down during pandemic.