House Panel Unveils Highway Proposal
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The starting point for reauthorization of the federal highway law in the House is a six-year vision – not a bill yet – of… Read More »House Panel Unveils Highway Proposal
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor The starting point for reauthorization of the federal highway law in the House is a six-year vision – not a bill yet – of… Read More »House Panel Unveils Highway Proposal
Updated: 7/7/2011 8:00:00 AM By Boyd StephensonManager, Security and Cross-Border Operations American Trucking Associations This Opinion piece appears in the July 4 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to… Read More »Opinion: Please, DOT, Flip the Switch for PSP
Echo Global Logistics has acquired substantially all of the assets of Advantage Transport, a truckload transportation brokerage firm based in Phoenix. Echo has retained the entire Advantage Transport workforce in… Read More »Echo Global Logistics Acquires Advantage Transport
Updated: 7/6/2011 10:00:00 AM Volkswagen AG moved closer to its goal of becoming Europe’s largest truck maker in moving toward gaining a majority in German truck maker MAN SE, Bloomberg… Read More »Volkswagen Moves Toward Majority Stake in German Truck Maker MAN
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html DOT 79-11 Wednesday, July 6, 2011 U.S. DOT Public Affairs Tel.: (202) 366-4570 United… Read More »United States and Mexico Announce Safe, Secure Cross-Border Trucking Program
The price of on-highway diesel dropped significantly again last week, although not quite as steeply as the previous week. Nationally, prices came down 3.8 cents to $3.85 per gallon. California… Read More »Diesel Continues Decline; Oil Rises in Spite of Emergency Supplies
Updated: 7/1/2011 10:10:00 AM Consumer confidence fell in June, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday. The final index for the month fell to 71.5… Read More »Consumer Confidence Drops in June
“Trailer Talk” blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor In three weeks’ time, new, shorter federal stopping distance limits go into effect for three-axle tractors, most of them over-the-road power units… Read More »Trailers do their share to meet stopping-distance requirements, now and soon to come
Updated: 7/1/2011 10:20:00 AM Construction spending declined 0.6% in May, the sixth straight monthly decrease, the Commerce Department said Friday. The increase followed another 0.6% drop in April that was… Read More »Construction Spending Dips 0.6% in May
Updated: 7/1/2011 10:30:00 AM U.S. manufacturing activity rose in June, showing continued expansion for the 23rd consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday. ISM’s monthly factory index rose… Read More »ISM Manufacturing Index Rises in June
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Iowa 80 Truckstop, Walcott, Iowa, has added a Caribou Coffee to its list of offerings at the food court. The new Caribou Coffee opens today and is a full-service specialty… Read More »Caribou Coffee Opens at Iowa 80 Truckstop