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Weather and roads

Flash flooding closes Arizona highways and forces evacuations — I-17 is back open, four state routes are still shut, and Pagosa Springs braces for a record San Juan River crest

ADOT closed I-17 in both directions in northern Arizona on Sunday before reopening it in the afternoon; State Routes 89A, 260, 73 and 238 remain closed with no reopening time. Evacuations were ordered in Sedona, Camp Verde and Gila County, and in Colorado the San Juan River at Pagosa Springs is forecast to crest above its 1911 record on U.S. 160.

Weather and roadsUpdated Sunday, November 1, 2026

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Weather and roads

Winter storm warnings for Colorado's San Juan passes: up to 18 inches and 50 mph gusts on U.S. 160 and U.S. 550 through Monday

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has the northwest and southwest San Juans under a warning until 2 p.m. Eastern Monday — 12 to 18 inches above 10,000 feet — and the Pueblo office warns the eastern San Juans, including Wolf Creek Pass, from Sunday evening, with the worst travel Sunday night into Monday morning.

Infrastructure

The Los Angeles–Long Beach watchmen strike is off for today — talks now run to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the gate risk is still live

The Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU Local 26 agreed Oct. 30 to extend the watchmen's contract through Wednesday afternoon, averting a walkout that could have halted vessel, yard and gate operations at terminals handling 85% of Long Beach cargo and 33% of Los Angeles cargo. Significant differences, including wages, remain.

Border

Cabotage enforcement is 'really ramping up,' Knight-Swift's CEO warns — as Nuevo León halves the Colombia Bridge truck toll

Adam Miller told FreightWaves at the WEX OTR Summit that drivers have had visas taken away over alleged cabotage violations committed for previous carriers, and that cross-border capacity will get tighter. In the same weekly roundup: Nuevo León cut its state toll for trucks heading to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge by 50%, and Walmart plans a $400 million distribution center near San Antonio creating at least 425 jobs.

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NewsletterNov 1, 2026

The Morning Mile — Sunday, Nov. 1

Winter storm warnings cover Colorado's San Juan passes through Monday, the Los Angeles–Long Beach watchmen strike is postponed to Wednesday, and cabotage enforcement is reaching drivers' previous employers.

BorderNov 1, 2026

Cabotage enforcement is 'really ramping up,' Knight-Swift's CEO warns — as Nuevo León halves the Colombia Bridge truck toll

BorderOct 31, 2026

Ohio will downgrade all 5,000 reviewed non-domiciled CDLs — 2,000 already done — as Louisiana and Wyoming confirm they will never resume issuing

Ohio BMV Registrar Charlie Norman announced Oct. 23 the state is ending non-domiciled CDL issuance; affected drivers get a letter, a 30-day clock and a hearing right. Louisiana stopped Oct. 2, 2025 and says it is not going to resume; Wyoming stopped in September 2025 and does not plan to restart.

InfrastructureOct 31, 2026

Georgia opens its $134 million Gainesville Inland Port — built to move 26,000 containers a year off Atlanta highways and onto rail

The terminal, opened Oct. 29 by Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Ports Authority, handles up to 200,000 containers a year with truck access from I-85 and I-985. Shippers can choose rail for heavier, cheaper moves or truck-only for speed — GPA expects 26,000 containers to shift to rail in year one.

RegulationsOct 31, 2026

FMCSA safety chief promises more hours-of-service flexibility and a comment-first SMS rewrite — and admits Motus is still keeping thousands out of the industry

Steve Dowling told the WEX OTR Summit on Oct. 28 that about 95% of carrier registration is in place in Motus but the remaining 5% is 'not acceptable.' The agency revised four hours-of-service provisions in June, its two flexibility pilots take comments through Dec. 7, and SMS changes will be proposed for industry comment before they land.

Fuel & ratesOct 31, 2026

Covenant's CEO expects double-digit truckload rate hikes again in 2027 — and says ELD enforcement will keep pulling capacity out

David Parker told analysts Friday that carriers have to keep raising rates against driver pay, equipment and insurance inflation; SONAR's reset index already shows recently renewed contracts paying about 12.8% more than the rates they replaced, up from 4.1% a year ago.

RegulationsOct 31, 2026

Canada's 50% tariff list swapped at midnight Oct. 30 — 100 classifications added, 22 removed — and the entry date now decides what a cross-border load costs

Proclamation 11076, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 30, took plywood, packaging and refrigeration equipment off the Section 338 list and put lubricants, flooring, paints, valves and carpets on it. The duty stacks on top of Section 232 tariffs, applies regardless of USMCA status, and is set by when a load is entered — not when it was loaded.

AutonomyOct 31, 2026

Aurora cuts its 2026 revenue forecast to about $9 million after a six-week truck-building delay — and still promises 1,000+ driverless trucks by the end of 2027

Third-quarter revenue was $3 million against a $257 million operating loss as material shortages and quality problems at Roush pushed the 20-trucks-a-week milestone from October to early December. The company says 200 trucks by the end of February and more than 1,000 by the end of 2027 still hold.

Carrier watchOct 30, 2026

Super Ego is back — and as of Nov. 1 it won't lease to non-domiciled drivers, ELP violators or Conditional-rated carriers

The Elmhurst, Illinois leasing company at the center of the chameleon-carrier scandal announced new safety and eligibility requirements effective Nov. 1 for every new lease, renewal and added unit: a current FMCSA safety rating on file, no Conditional ratings, no unresolved English-proficiency violations, and no non-domiciled CDLs for owner-operators or carrier owners. Overdrive visited its lot Wednesday and found it largely empty — the company says it still serves more than 1,200 carrier customers.

Fuel & ratesOct 30, 2026

Spot rates slipped $0.023 this week — reefer broke a four-year seasonal pattern — but every segment is still up more than 40% on the year

FleetOwner's weekly roundup of FTR and DAT figures puts total spot rates down for a third soft week, with reefer rates falling almost $0.06 in a week they have risen for four straight years. DAT linehaul averages: dry van $2.24 per mile, reefer $2.73, flatbed $2.63 — against year-over-year gains of 41% to over 48%.

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Flash flooding closes Arizona highways and forces evacuations — I-17 is back open, four state routes are still shut, and Pagosa Springs braces for a record San Juan River crest

Winter storm warnings for Colorado's San Juan passes: up to 18 inches and 50 mph gusts on U.S. 160 and U.S. 550 through Monday

The Los Angeles–Long Beach watchmen strike is off for today — talks now run to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the gate risk is still live

Cabotage enforcement is 'really ramping up,' Knight-Swift's CEO warns — as Nuevo León halves the Colombia Bridge truck toll

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The Morning Mile — Sunday, Nov. 1

Cabotage enforcement is 'really ramping up,' Knight-Swift's CEO warns — as Nuevo León halves the Colombia Bridge truck toll

Ohio will downgrade all 5,000 reviewed non-domiciled CDLs — 2,000 already done — as Louisiana and Wyoming confirm they will never resume issuing

Georgia opens its $134 million Gainesville Inland Port — built to move 26,000 containers a year off Atlanta highways and onto rail

FMCSA safety chief promises more hours-of-service flexibility and a comment-first SMS rewrite — and admits Motus is still keeping thousands out of the industry

Covenant's CEO expects double-digit truckload rate hikes again in 2027 — and says ELD enforcement will keep pulling capacity out

Canada's 50% tariff list swapped at midnight Oct. 30 — 100 classifications added, 22 removed — and the entry date now decides what a cross-border load costs

Aurora cuts its 2026 revenue forecast to about $9 million after a six-week truck-building delay — and still promises 1,000+ driverless trucks by the end of 2027

Super Ego is back — and as of Nov. 1 it won't lease to non-domiciled drivers, ELP violators or Conditional-rated carriers

Spot rates slipped $0.023 this week — reefer broke a four-year seasonal pattern — but every segment is still up more than 40% on the year

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