Transportation Secretary Duffy Unveils Pro-Trucker Package as Part of President Trump's Executive Order
On June 27, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
announced
a package of new initiatives, pilot programs, and regulatory updates designed to improve the lives of America’s truck drivers. The Secretary’s actions deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise through his April 28th
Executive Order
on Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers. The package includes funding to expand truck parking as well as initiatives to remove one-size-fits-all mandates, modernize driver resources, slash red tape, and crack down on bad actors. Specific to truck parking, USDOT is set to deliver more than $275 million in grant funding to expand parking access for truck drivers nationwide. This includes $180 million for Florida to add 917 new truck parking spaces along the I-4 corridor in Volusia, Seminole, and Osceola Counties. In
May,
Secretary Duffy signed an order announcing new guidance to enforce English proficiency requirement for truckers. Read more
here.