Truckinginfo

DOT Targets 7,000 CDL Schools in Entry Level Driver Training Provider Purge

Federal Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations went into effect in 2022 and set new federal minimum standards for CDL training schools, but the Department of Transportation is now taking ...
Transport Topics

States Boost CDL Training to Tackle Local Driver Shortages

A handful of states are taking varied approaches to bolster the ranks of commercial truck drivers in the nation. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced recently that four community colleges in ...
Truckinginfo

4 Things to Know About the Entry Level Driver Training Rule

A driver-training regulation 30 years in the works that finally came into effect last year even now has many trucking fleets in a scurry to comply. That’s because it sets a mandatory baseline for the ...
Logistics Management

U.S. Department of Transportation targets ‘CDL Mills’ as thousands of training providers removed from federal registry

FedEx’s spin-off of FedEx Freight is a done deal The long-awaited spin-off of FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics ...
CCJ

DOT removes 3,000 CDL training providers from registry

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday announced the removal of nearly 3,000 commercial driver’s license (CDL) training providers from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ...
CCJ

Programs offering free CDL training, high school students outreach to tackle truck driver shortage

A lack of qualified commercial truck drivers and an aging driver population remains pressing concerns within the trucking sector. In Oregon, more than 325 new truck drivers received free CDL training ...
SlashGear

What It Takes To Become A Trucker: Tests, Training, And More

According to a report by the American Transport Research Institute (PDF), more than 3.5 million people were working as truck drivers in America in 2024. A new stream of drivers is consistently ...