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California has approved the RIDE program, which will provide eligible high-volume rideshare drivers with incentives of up to $20,300 toward a new electric vehicle and annual charging assistance.

California Approves EV Incentives for Eligible Rideshare Drivers

Thousands of California rideshare drivers may soon have access to state-funded incentives to help cover the cost of switching to an electric vehicle. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ...

Port of Oakland reopens as AB5 trucker protest moves to a “Free Speech Zone” 

We’ve been following the protests at the Port of Oakland and they have recently re-opened. A trucker blockade that prevented the Port of Oakland from operating for about a week has been temporarily re...

VIDEO: Truckers trapped by terrifying I-5 wildfire

In video captured at the scene of yesterday’s rapidly spreading wildfire on I-5 near Redding, California, you can see and hear the terror and desperation of drivers trapped on the interstate. FI...

Supreme Court fails to address trucking under AB5

Have you heard of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5)? It is a California law that restricts businesses from classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees. It was assured as reported by Freig...

California Trucking Association taking case over independent contractor law to U.S. Supreme Court

The California Trucking Association’s (CTA) case against a controversial state independent contractor law is being brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. The contractor law, or Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), ado...

Seattle carrier tests single-lane relay strategy to increase utilization

Seattle carrier combines a proprietary technology platform with single-lane relay strategy to increase utilization This is an interesting strategy where one driver is starting in Oregon to bring it to...

Seattle carrier tests single-lane relay strategy to increase utilization

Seattle carrier combines a proprietary technology platform with single-lane relay strategy to increase utilization This is an interesting strategy where one driver is starting in Oregon to bring it to...

VIDEO: Truckers trapped by terrifying I-5 wildfire

In video captured at the scene of yesterday’s rapidly spreading wildfire on I-5 near Redding, California, you can see and hear the terror and desperation of drivers trapped on the interstate. FI...

SCOTUS declines to review California trucking law

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from the California Trucking Association (CTA) that claimed California’s new worker classification law (AB5) threatens independent contractor status for ow...

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