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Business

I-75 rest areas in Florida open

Rest areas at exits 275 and 279 have 111 truck parking spaces.

January 10, 2012

Business

Diesel price gains

Average diesel price jumped 4.5 cents to $3.828 through Jan. 9.

January 10, 2012

Channel 19

Identical trucking twins in National Geographic this month

Part of a feature story in this month’s National Geographic on various aspects of identical twin siblings features in its lead a couple of trucking twins near the lead. Dave and Don Wolf, pictured here in a National Geographic photo by Jodi Cobb (click through the picture for more of Cobb’s excellent work in a […]

January 9, 2012

Business

Texas extends lower truck tolls near Austin

Tolls for truckers using State Highway 130 and State Highway 455E toll roads to bypass Austin are cut until Jan. 25.

January 9, 2012

Business

Tenn. closes U.S. 41 bridge

Traffic will be detoured for up to two years until a new adjacent bridge under construction is completed.

January 9, 2012

Business

DOT to provide $1.6B for road, bridge repairs

Money will be available to states and territories to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.

January 9, 2012

Business

Class action CDL suit against Swift continues

The plaintiffs are graduates of Swift Academy who received a Tennessee CDL between May 2005 and February 2008.

January 9, 2012

Channel 19

Connect with Love’s on your phone

Since its debut in mid-2011, the Love’s Connect smartphone app for iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices has seen multiple upgrades aimed at streamlining and cementing users’ connections to Love’s Travel Stops’ services. Today, the app not only provides an efficient stop locator tool, but drivers can utilize one-touch contact of Love’s nationwide dispatch service for […]

January 8, 2012

Channel 19

Intent v. interpretation: Questions raised by new hours rule

The intent is not living up to the interpretation of language in the hours of service final rule, Rich Wilson of Trans Products / Trans Services told me this morning. Just one example of the disconnect (notwithstanding the one I wrote about last week) was noted by owner-operators Linda Caffee and Henry Albert of […]

January 6, 2012

Business

TransCore: Spot market rates rise 7.4% through November

Spot market rate increases for both vans and reefers slowed in the second half.

January 6, 2012

Business

Nominations open for influential trucking woman

Nominations are being accepted through Jan. 31 for the Women in Trucking award.

January 6, 2012

Business

Trucking adds 5,100 jobs in December

Compared with December 2010, trucking employment is up by 40,100 jobs.

January 6, 2012