The Chicago Department of Transportation is moving ahead with projects to increase the clearance under 11 railroad viaducts this year
Read More →Last week, Sirius Satellite Radio held a call-in press conference. Most of the questions came not from the press but from Wall Street security analysts
Read More →More than 200 participants from around the world are expected at the Third International large Truck and Bus Safety Symposiu
Read More →Add to the list of dangerous driver distractions "picking your nose." According to The (Allentown, Pa.) Morning Call, New Jersey driver Antonio Randino took one hand off the wheel to pick his nose before his truck crashed on I-80 in late January, killing two motorists. This information was revealed during a preliminary hearing this week, in which testimony also said Randino was traveling at least 69 mph in a 50-mph zone
Read More →The Truckload Carriers Assn. is gearing up to fight New York City trailer length ordinances the group says is costing trucking companies thousands of dollars
Read More →Officials at the Port of Houston are fighting a rule that would ban operating equipment such as cranes, forklifts and yard jockeys from 6 a.m. till noon
Read More →The speed limit has been dropped from 65 to 55 mph on a mountainous stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Read More →Mexican trucking companies that win authority to operate in the U.S. may end up maintaining two safety management systems. According to Dave DeCarme, head of DOT’s Maritime, Surface, and Facilitation Division, the U.S. system is substantially differen
Read More →As the U.S. prepares to open the border to Mexican trucks, safety is not the only concern. Owner-operators in this country fear that low-paid Mexican drivers will take the freight out of their trucks
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Mexican trucks will be able to haul international freight throughout the United States by the beginning of next year, if the Department of Transportation’s timetable holds
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