Report: Highway conditions improve

State highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation.

Commercial Brake Safety Week runs Sept. 12-18

09.07.10

| The program is designed to raise awareness of brakes and brake issues.

Federal security program trains truckers

09.07.10

| The First Observer component is to recruit and train industry volunteers to report suspicious activities.

Trucking jobs added in August

09.04.10

| Since the beginning of March, trucking companies have added 12,700 jobs, according to the preliminary numbers.

Industry pitches trucking stimulus plan

09.03.10

| A coalition proposed a short-term 10 percent tax credit buying Class 8 trucks with 2010 engines.

Industry Briefs

CAT Scales to be installed

July 28, 2010

| by: Overdrive Staff

CAT Scales soon will replace J-Scales at all Flying J travel plazas as part of the Pilot Flying J merger, said Delia Moon Meier, CAT Scale senior vice president.

The scales at all 134 Flying J truck stops will be rebuilt within about 15 months, a company spokeswoman said. New openings will be posted on the CAT Scale Facebook page and added to an online scale locator at www.catscale.com.