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Fleet Management•by Staff•June 28, 2011

Truck Tonnage Index Falls 2.3% in May

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped 2.3% in May after decreasing a revised 0.6% in April

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Drivers•by Staff•June 28, 2011

DOT Sending Emergency Highway Funds to North Dakota

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced he is making $5 million in quick release emergency funds available to the North Dakota Department of Transportation to immediately begin restoring federal-aid highways damaged by flooding

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 28, 2011

EPA SmartWay Announces Voluntary Plan to Tackle Emissions from Drayage Trucks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, joined by the Coalition for Responsible Transportation and the Environmental Defense Fund, is launching a new initiative to reduce pollution from short-haul trucks that service the nation's ports

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•June 28, 2011

Driver in Train-Truck Crash May Have Been Speeding

UPDATED -- More details are surfacing about the driver in Friday's horrific train-truck crash in Nevada, including the possibility he may have been speeding

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Drivers•by Staff•June 27, 2011

CARB Extends Deadline for GHG Trailer Reg Phase-in Option

The reporting deadline for large fleets with 21 or more 53-foot or longer box-type trailers has been extended from July 1 to August 1

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Drivers•by Staff•June 27, 2011

Prime Inc. Announces Qualcomm Text Messaging System

Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo., now allows its drivers the option to have their Qualcomm messages delivered directly to their cell phones as text messages

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Drivers•by Staff•June 27, 2011

Diesel Takes Moderate Drop; Crude Falling in Face of Euro Debt

On-highway diesel prices took a somewhat steep drop last week after falling only slightly the week before

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Drivers•by Staff•June 27, 2011

Fraud-Fighting Legislation Targets Unscrupulous Brokers, Carriers

The Transportation Intermediaries Association, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the American Trucking Associations have joined together in supporting the Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act 2011, FITT

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•June 27, 2011

NTSB Unveils New "Most Wanted List" of Safety Improvements

The National Transportation Safety Board released a new list of the nation's most critical transportation safety issues

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•June 26, 2011

Truck Crashes into Amtrak Train, Killing at Least Six, Injuring Dozens

UPDATE 2 -- A truck driver is the focus of an investigation after he and at least five others were killed after his tractor-trailer ran into an Amtrak train at a rural crossing in the desert near Miriam, Nev., Friday

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