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Business

Tolling survey available

Researchers hope to learn how toll facilities could be implemented to be of sufficient value to the industry.

September 13, 2010

Business

Study shows safety technology benefits

Truck crash warning systems enhance driver safety and help prevent potential accidents based on a yearlong field test.

September 11, 2010

Business

Agency amends EOBR rules

Changes were made to several of the performance standards in the “Electronic Onboard Recorders for Hours of Service Compliance” final rule.

September 11, 2010

Overdrive Extra

If you got it, a Russian might have trucked it

Driver demand has been slowly swelling all year. It’s likely to get hotter in 2011, even if the economy only crawls forward in fits and starts. By this time next year, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s talk of where to find new driver pools. Whenever this has come up in the past, one response […]

September 10, 2010

Business

Theresa Johnson wins Health Challenge

She won the Women in Trucking and Roadside Medical Health Challenge after shedding 42 pounds.

September 10, 2010

Business

Freight index rises in July

Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported the Freight TSI has risen 5 percent over the last 14 months.

September 10, 2010

Business

FTR trucking index stays positive

July was the fifth consecutive month the index had been above neutral.

September 10, 2010

Business

Farmers meet with LaHood over Mexican tariffs

Washington state farmers urged transportation secretary to advance a cross-border trucking program with Mexico.

September 10, 2010

Business

Los Angeles port delays program enforcement

A federal judge has ruled for Port of Los Angeles to enforce its Clean Truck Program.

September 10, 2010

Business

Board to discuss Oklahoma fatal crash

2009 highway accident involved a tractor-trailer that plowed into stopped traffic on I-44, killing 10 people.

September 9, 2010

Business

GATS reports more visitors, exhibitors

Show floor exhibitor space was up nearly 20 percent over 2009 with almost 450 companies in attendance.

September 9, 2010

Business

Deaths from large truck crashes drop

Fatalities of large truck occupants dropped from 682 in 2008 to 503 in 2009, a 26 percent decline.

September 9, 2010