July 26, 2022

Government Affairs Update

2022 Virtual Advocacy Day - July 27

Please join the California Trucking Association for a Virtual Advocacy Day on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 from 12 - 1 pm via Zoom.

CTA will discuss the Advanced Clean Fleets regulation with California Air Resources Board Vice Chair, and Member Gideon Kracov. During this discussion CTA members will have the opportunity to learn more about this regulation and ask questions directly.

You will hear from key legislative leaders Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Congressman John Garamendi as they discuss CTA’s sponsored legislation and federal measures to address detention and demurrage fees.

This event is free to all members! You can click the button below to register now and for more information.

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Truckers Against Trafficking Coalition Build Event - July 28

Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) and Busing On The Lookout (BOTL), along with the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, the California Trucking Association, California Highway Patrol and the California Association for Coordination Transportation are hosting a half-day human trafficking awareness event.

Thursday, July 28, 2022
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
1000 Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

This free event brings together trucking, bus and truck stop industry stakeholders along with law enforcement and government agencies to equip members of the transportation community with the tools to combat this serious issue.

ATRI Launches Survey to Gather Truck Driver Perspectives on Driver-Facing Cameras

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) launched a short survey to better understand truck driver perspectives and issues with Driver-Facing Cameras (DFCs).

ATRI’s DFC research was a top research priority of its Research Advisory Committee in 2021. Previous FMCSA-sponsored research conducted by ATRI documented that truck drivers have very positive opinions about road-facing cameras, but numerous driver concerns were raised about driver-facing cameras. ATRI’s DFC survey is designed to better understand the specific issues and concerns truck drivers have, and to determine what, if any, strategies might address those concerns.

The OOIDA Foundation participated in both the prioritization of the DFC research, as well as in the DFC survey design.

The second component of ATRI’s DFC research will focus on how DFC video feeds could be used by defense attorneys to reduce unfavorable litigation outcomes against truck drivers and motor carriers.

The survey is available online here.

Public Workgroup on Draft Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Provisions

The California Air Resources Board invites you to participate in a virtual public workgroup to discuss how to improve draft provisions for allowing exemptions and extensions of the draft Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation for High-Priority Fleets, Federal Fleets, and State and Local Government Fleets.

This workgroup meeting will focus on what zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) models and configurations are available and how to improve draft provisions intended to address situations when ZEVs are not available in the needed configuration or if available ZEVs are not suitable for a particular fleet’s daily duty-cycle at the time of purchase. Discussion topics will include how to identify ZEVs that are not available, how to use the ZEV unavailability exemption, how to report backup vehicles, how to report and claim a vehicle delivery delay extension, how to claim an emergency response or mutual aid exemption, and how to apply for an infrastructure construction delay extension.

The workgroup will be held via Zoom at the following time.

Interested parties must register to participate.

Date: July 26, 2022
Time: 09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Location: Zoom

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