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Our readThese are unilateral steps with separate effective dates, and none of them is a settled outcome. For a cross-border carrier the question is which role it plays: importer, equipment buyer or supplier of the proof documents.
A final rule effective Oct. 5, 2026 lengthens automatic hours-of-service relief after a regional emergency declaration from 14 to 30 days. Petitions are due Nov. 4.
FMCSA's October 7 notice asks for comment by December 7 on a study of 5/5 and 6/4 sleeper berth splits; it changes no hours-of-service rule.
FMCSA granted Aurora and other Level 4 ADS carriers a five-year cab-mounted beacon exemption on October 7, 2026, reversing a December 2024 denial.
EPA renewed its Texas diesel waiver on Oct. 20, extending it through Nov. 13, 2026 for certain older highway and nonroad equipment. The first waiver ran through Oct. 24.
FreightWaves says the SONAR Tender Rejection Index rose to 14.17% this week in mid-October, with no matching surge in the Tender Volume Index.
FMCSA's October 6 notice seeks comment by December 7 on a 256-driver study of pausing the 14-hour driving window for up to 3 hours.
An FDA order effective October 6, 2026 removes the federal-programs carve-out from the 510(k) exemption for 14 types of clinical toxicology test systems.
The CBSA is investigating whether truck and bus tires from China are dumped, subsidized, or both. The trade tribunal decides by October 30, 2026 whether injury is reasonably indicated.
FTR and ACT gave different preliminary August Class 8 orders, 18,200 and 16,800. FTR says the pre-buy for the proposed EPA 2027 limits is largely over.
A D.C. Circuit panel heard argument on September 15 in the challenge to FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL rule. Two trade outlets reported that the judges questioned the agency's visa exemptions. No ruling yet.
PrePass and Kodiak AI are integrating Kodiak's driverless trucks into PrePass's weigh-station bypass network, starting in Texas and Louisiana, so autonomous trucks can clear roadside inspection without a driver on board.
DAT reports August dry van spot linehaul fell 20 cents from July and sits below contract. Cass reports its all-market truckload linehaul index rose 0.7% from July. Both show rates well above a year ago.
Trucking HR Canada says the sector employed 21,600 more workers in August 2026 than a year earlier, including 9,100 more transport truck drivers.
Kodiak AI says its own readiness measure for driverless long-haul operations reached 93% at the end of August, and that it still expects to launch the service before the end of 2026.
Finance Canada says the federal fuel excise suspension will run to January 31, 2027, then half rates to March 31. It gives the diesel rate in that window as 2 cents a litre, against 4 cents in full.
Saskatchewan says 294 inspections over three days in August at a weigh scale near Swift Current led to 103 commercial vehicles being placed out of service, 62 for brake defects.