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NewsSeptember 16, 2011

Congress Clears Highway Program Extension

The Senate yesterday approved, 92 to 6, a measure that will extend the current highway program through next March, clearing the way for final passage

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NewsSeptember 15, 2011

Love's Travel Stop Opens in Bennett, Colo.

Love's Travel Stops opened a new truckstop in Bennett, Colo., located at I-70, Exit 304

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ArticlesSeptember 14, 2011

Is a CNG Fleet in Your Future?

With the advent of hybrid cars, more and more people are rethinking American energy dependence and choosing alternative energy. While we still have a long way to go toward true energy independence, most of our gasoline and diesel vehicles could be replaced by vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG)

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ArticlesSeptember 13, 2011

Hribar Logistics Adds CNG-Fueled Kenworth T440 To Help Manage Fuel Costs and Emissions

Hribar Logistics of Caledonia, Wis., added two Kenworth 440 compressed-natural-gas tractors to its fleet powered by the Cummins Westport ISL G

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NewsSeptember 13, 2011

NHTSA Rejects Petition to Amend Antilock Brake Rule

Rising to the defense of the heavy truck antilock brake requirement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week rejected a petition to drop the standard or give drivers the option not to use it

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NewsSeptember 13, 2011

NTSB Recommends Trucker Cellphone Ban in Wake of Kentucky Accident

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended banning mobile phone use by commercial drivers Tuesday following its investigation of 2010 cross-median truck crash that claimed 11 lives

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NewsSeptember 12, 2011

Diesel Down; Oil Up Despite Demand Slide; Europe on the Brink

National on-highway diesel prices dropped six-tenths of a cent from last week to $3.862, following a rise of more than 4 cents the week previous

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NewsSeptember 12, 2011

Congress to Take Up 6-Month Highway Extension

Congress is considering a clean six-month extension of the federal highway program, which would fund the program at its current level until March 31, 2012. The House bill, introduced by Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will be taken up this week, according to a schedule posted by the Rules Committee

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NewsSeptember 9, 2011

Natural Gas for Trucking Building Momentum

Sales of trucks powered by natural gas will grow faster than the rest of the North American Market over the next several years, according to Frost & Sullivan, an industry analysis firm. A new report predicts that North American sales of Class 6-8 LNG and CNG vehicles will rise to nearly 30,000 by 2017. That's up from just 1,950 last year, slightly less than 1% of North American sales

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NewsSeptember 8, 2011

Right to Repair Supporters Drive for Mass. Ballot Placement

Following certification by the Massachusetts Attorney General of its proposed ballot question, the Right to Repair Coalition will immediately begin collecting signatures to place the issue before state voters

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