Trucking adds 5,300 jobs in January

Payroll employment in for-hire trucking is up by 51,500, or 4 percent, from January 2011.

02.03.12

| Paccar, Navistar and Volvo have deferred shipments of Class 8 vehicles equipped with the faulty part.

02.03.12

| Two years ago, the American Trucking Associations and others filed suit against the state board’s low carbon fuel standard.

02.03.12

| Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings.

02.01.12

| California Air Resources Board had issued a public letter to Navistar saying the company's emissions credits for the engine will expire Feb. ...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

When completed, the new Central Park Boulevard Interchange is expected to serve up to 18,000 daily drivers.

This weekend, crews will close lanes on I-40 in both directions.

When completed in 2013, the project will replace the 73-year-old Doyle Drive southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge.

State Road 9B project has been stalled since the mid-1970s.

Recovery Act funds will go toward the total replacement cost of $129.5 million the Milton-Madison Bridge.

Familiar freeways top the rankings of best, worst and most improved roads in Overdrive survey