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From fuel price ‘nightmares’ to trucking book
Writer Mary Richardson, whom Atlanta-based Creative Loafing describes as a former editor with the Truckers Connection publication, had what she describes as “nightmares” during relatively modest spikes in fuel prices during the year 2006, shortly after she started working there. She “was having these apocalyptic nightmares about fuel prices getting so high that trucks would stop,” she […]
June 4, 2010
Truckers Cover
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FMCSA hearings planned
Hearings will be on on several areas including hours of service, electronic on-board recorders and household movers.
June 4, 2010
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California refrigerated unit appeal denied
An appeals court has denied the American Trucking Associations’ request for rehearing challenging CARB authority.
June 4, 2010
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I-435 work to slow traffic
Nighttime pavement recycling operations on I-435 in the Kansas City, Mo., area will reduce traffic to one lane.
June 3, 2010
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Former Mississippi state troopers indicted
They were indicted on multiple counts of making false statements related to commercial driver’s licenses.
June 3, 2010
Business
Rush opens Oklahoma City facility
Rush Enterprises opened a brand-new 115,000-square-foot truck sales and service center.
June 3, 2010
Rush truck center in Oklahoma City. (Photo Todd Dills)
Business
Economy expands in May
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May for the 10th consecutive month.
June 3, 2010
Business
House passes biodiesel tax incentive extension
The House retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive through Dec. 31. Now the Senate takes up the measure.
June 3, 2010
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Mack TerraPro refuse truck ‘Sliced’ on History Channel
The star of last week’s episode of the History Channel television program Sliced was “tough, rugged and good-looking,” said makers of said star, a Mack TerraPro refuse truck that the show’s host, John McCalmont, showed backed up its exterior with EPA 2010 emissions-certified power in the guts. Each week, the Sliced host uses a bevy […]
June 2, 2010
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Pennsylvania holding transportation hearings
The state is holding public hearings to solicit ideas for ways to reduce a $3.5-billion gap in transportation funding.
June 2, 2010
Business
Vermont joins anti-texting roll
The law is primary, meaning police officers can stop motorists suspected of this offense alone.
June 2, 2010
Nationally, 27 states ban texting while driving.
Business
Diesel prices drop
For the third week in a row, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel declined this week.
June 1, 2010
National diesel average price is under $3.
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