Commentary by Evan Lockridge, Contributing Editor UPDATED — It seems these days the only thing Congress can agree on is that they disagree on most everything. Now that the debt ceiling crisis has passed, the… Read More »Abolish the federal fuel tax?
Updated: 8/16/2011 10:15:00 AM Industrial production jumped 0.9% in July, the largest gain this year, as automobile manufacturing surged, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. The measure of output from factories, mines and utilities followed a… Read More »Industrial Production Jumps 0.9% in July
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation requiring local governments to provide the most up-to-date truck route information for the Illinois Department of Transportation to post online. House Bill 1377, sponsored by Rep. Michael Zalewski (D-Summit)… Read More »Illinois Governor Signs Legislation Requiring Truck Route Info
Updated: 8/15/2011 12:15:00 PM Third Consecutive Top Prize for a Con-way Driver ORLANDO, Fla. — Paul Phillips, a Con-Way Freight driver from Coarsegold, Calif., was named the 2011 Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion.… Read More »Con-way Freight Driver Named Truck Driving Grand Champion
The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company is working on self-inflating tire technology with help from a U.S. government grant. Goodyear’s Air Maintenance Technology will enable tires to remain inflated at the optimum pressure without the need… Read More »Grant Will Help Goodyear Accelerate Work on Innovation That Could Make Tire Pumps Obsolete
Updated: 8/12/2011 11:30:00 AM By Susan ChandlerExecutive Director Safety Loss Prevention Management Council American Trucking Associations This Opinion piece appears in the Aug. 8 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. On… Read More »Opinion: Driving Accident-Free
Canada’s Environment Minister released a consultation paper on the development of proposed regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles. Canada and the United States are taking a common North American approach,… Read More »Canada Working to Address Emissions from Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Updated: 8/12/2011 3:00:00 PM Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a provider of brokerage and forwarding services, said it has scheduled a Sept. 1 shareholders’ meeting to approve a takeover by Jacobs Private Equity, a firm controlled by… Read More »Express-1 To Be Acquired By Equity Firm
The Illinois Department of Transportation will close Interstate 57 for an expected three days next week. On Tuesday, August 16, Interstate 57 at Mile Marker 1 north- and south-bound will be closed to all traffic,… Read More »Illinois DOT Warns of Three-Day I-57 Closure
Updated: 8/12/2011 12:00:00 PM Retail sales climbed 0.5% in July, the largest gain in four months, the Commerce Department said Friday. The increase followed a revised 0.3% gain in June that was larger than originally… Read More »Retail Sales Rise 0.5% in July
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 2.6% in June from May, after two monthly declines, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services Index. BTS, a part of… Read More »DOT Freight Index: Shipments Up 2.6% May to June
Updated: 8/11/2011 9:30:00 AM The U.S. trade deficit rose 4.4% in June to $53.1 billion as exports fell by the most in two-and-a-half years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The gap rose from a revised… Read More »Trade Deficit Expands to $53.1 Billion