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NewsMay 6, 2011

National NGV Fleet Forum Comes Together to Advance Natural Gas Use in Transportation

Leading national fleet operators have announced the formation of the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Fleet Forum, a new membership organization dedicated to advancing the use of clean, domestic and low-cost natural gas in the U.S. transportation sector

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NewsMay 3, 2011

White House Releases Partial Highway Reauthorization Draft

The White House released a partial proposal for a six-year transportation reauthorization bill that would, among other things, begin the process of testing a mileage-based funding system. The draft proposal, called the Transportation Opportunities Act, is being billed as a trial balloon for ideas that the administration would like to see included in a reauthorization bill that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said should be on President Obama's desk by August

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMay 3, 2011

Industry Trends Prompting More Fleets to Look at Leasing Equipment

As trucking companies cautiously poke their heads out of their shells after struggling to survive the recession, they're finding higher prices for new equipment

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NewsMay 3, 2011

Wisconsin Wants to Convert U.S. 41 to Interstate

Wisconsin officials are moving ahead with efforts to convert U.S. Highway 41 between Milwaukee and Green Bay into an Interstate highway

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NewsMay 3, 2011

Delaware Raises Bridge Tolls

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission approved a new toll rate structure that will go into effect July 1

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NewsMay 3, 2011

LaHood Awards $6.5 Million To Ease Truck Parking Shortages in Michigan and Minnesota

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $6.5 million to projects designed to help address truck parking shortages in Michigan and Minnesota

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Articlesby Jim ParkMay 2, 2011

The Coming Driver Shortage, Part 2: Who Will Be Driving Your Trucks?

That trucking is about to experience its worst labor shortage ever should as come no surprise. Our fate was cast years ago, though a few cruel twists have conspired to make it worse than it otherwise would have been.

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NewsMay 2, 2011

TIMTC, USDOT Webinar on Wireless Roadside Inspection

Trucking industry stakeholders are invited to participate in a free webinar to review preliminary findings for the Wireless Roadside Inspection program

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NewsMay 2, 2011

San Francisco Toll Hike Waiver Nears End

The San Francisco Bay Area Tolls Authority's one year toll increase exemption for vehicles of combinations with two or more axels will end on July 1, 2011

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NewsMay 2, 2011

Diesel and Crude Prices Rise from Last Week

National on-highway diesel prices rose again after falling slightly last week, according to the Energy Information Administration

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