ABA's Jeff Greteman Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Rural Transportation Challenges

Jeff Greteman, President of Windstar Lines and a member of the ABA Board of Directors, testified before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at a hearing entitled “Rural Transportation Challenges: Stakeholder Perspectives” on March 21, 2024.
Greteman shared with the committee the current obstacles facing rural communities in connecting with the broader national transportation system, including driver shortages, limited CDL testing and training, deteriorating roadways, and diminishing intermodal hubs. He also answered questions from various subcommittee members on other topics, including the New York City plan for congestion tolling and the difficulty of recruiting CDL drivers in rural areas.
Time code content list:
0:12 Opening remarks
5:20 Remarks on FHA's final rule regarding greenhouse gas performance measurements
7:25 Remarks on one federal standard for meal and rest break provisions
9:04 Remarks on NYC MTA's CBD Congestion pricing program
14:11 Remarks on the difficulty of recruiting CDL drivers
15:31 More remarks on NYC MTA's CBD congestion pricing program
All footage is from the public broadcast of the hearing. Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR)'s opening remarks can be found here, as well as the full recording of the hearing: transportation.house.gov/cale...