Join us at the CVTA Fall Conference to hear Robert Ragan share timely insight on the challenges and opportunities shaping transportation, workforce development, and commercial driver training: 2026 Fall Conference CVTA is excited to announce that Robert Ragan, President of Melton Truck Lines, will serve as a featured speaker at the 2026 CVTA Fall Conference. Successful trucking companies are built on more than strong freight markets. They require sound leadership, disciplined

Learn more about FMCSA audits, compliance expectations, and what they mean for CDL training providers at the: 2026 Fall Conference Earlier this week, FMCSA briefed CVTA on Operation Driver Training II, a nationwide oversight initiative that will take place July 2–30, 2026. Due to its importance to members, we are releasing this information. Unlike Operation Driver Training I, which primarily consisted of questionnaires and limited compliance reviews, this initiative will invo

Register for the CVTA Fall Conference and hear Dean Croke’s economic forecast live in Dallas: 2026 Fall Conference CVTA is thrilled to announce that Dean Croke from DAT Freight and Analytics will be joining the 2026 Fall Conference to offer an economic update! Every hiring decision, enrollment forecast, and business investment begins with one question: Where is the freight market headed? Dean Croke will provide an in-depth look at the economic forces shaping trucking, includi

CVTA Vice-Chair, Samantha Greenberg, on left, welcomes federal officials from FMCSA's Office of Safety Programs in Washington and the USDOT Volpe Center for a tour of the new NETTTS campus. CVTA member New England Tractor Trailer Training School recently welcomed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the USDOT Volpe team for a firsthand look at one of the nation’s long-standing leaders in commercial driver training. The visit gave FMCSA officials an opportunity

On Thursday, June 4th, CVTA member school NETTTS celebrated the grand opening of its new campus, a significant investment in career-focused education and the future of workforce training. “Our new campus was designed to reflect where workforce training is headed: modern classrooms, hands-on learning environments, advanced training technology, and a student experience built around real career outcomes,” said Samantha Greenberg, Owner of NETTTS and CVTA Vice Chair. At a time w

Earlier this week, the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety held a hearing titled "The Need for Speed: How Technological Advances Are Driving Transportation Innovation." For CVTA member schools, the discussion that followed was directly relevant. As the freight industry enters an early adoption phase of autonomous and connected vehicle technology, the professional driver and the training pipeline that produces them sits at t

FMCSA leader Administrator Barrs joins Covenant owner, David Parker, and staff in Chattanooga. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek D. Barrs recently visited CVTA member Covenant Logistics, highlighting the importance of responsible driver hiring, carrier-led development, regulatory oversight, and safety-focused workforce investment in strengthening the commercial motor vehicle industry. The visit allowed FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs to observe

Every time a tech company unveils something that's going to displace workers, the same line shows up in the press release. "Those workers can be retrained." It's the cleanest exit ramp in modern policy. Whoever's deploying the technology gets credit for innovation. Whoever's losing their job gets a promise. Whoever's writing the policy gets to move on. But retraining doesn't work the way the press releases say it does. I run a CDL training school. We train roughly 4,000 drive

On May 30, five people died when a motorcoach crashed in a work zone on southbound I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia. The deceased include a single driver and a family of four, the Doncev's and their two children who were killed when Jing Sheng Dong crashed into them while driving a motorcoach. Dong was allegedly unable to speak English when interviewed by first responders and the incident has further reignited federal oversight of commercial driver licensing, training, and t