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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Pilot Opens Travel Center in Milford, Conn.

Pilot Corporation has announced the opening of a new travel center in Milford, Conn., located off I-95 at exit 40

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Drivers•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Roadway Recognized For Export Excellence

Roadway Express was recently recognized by the State of Ohio for excellence in the export industry

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Drivers•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Simon Opposes Consent Solicitation by Moyes

Simon Transportation Services announced that it opposes the consent solicitation by Jerry Moyes in an effort to take control of the company’s board of directors

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Navistar To Lay Off Another 400 Workers

Navistar International says it will layoff approximately 400 employees at its Chatham, Ontario, assembly plant next month

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Ryder Launches Used Truck Web Site

Ryder System, Inc., Miami, Fla., has launched a new Internet used site at www.usedtrucks.ryder.com. The site allows search of Ryder's extensive used truck inventory by kind of equipment and location. At the site, potential buyers will find

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Drivers•by Staff•June 14, 2000

RSPA to Standardize Intermediate Container Unloading Exemptions

The Research and Special Programs Administration wants to consolidate and standardize all existing exemptions that authorize the discharge of intermediate bulk containers from a motor vehicle without removing the IBC from the vehicle

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Drivers•by Staff•June 14, 2000

Senate Bill Would Kill Hours of Service Proposal

Pushed by the American Trucking Associations, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure that would force the Department of Transportation to stop its reform of the hours of service regulations. The maneuver raises the possibility that the controversial reform proposal could be killed by legislative fiat. At this point, however, the ATA tactic faces many obstacles

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Drivers•by Staff•June 13, 2000

Truck Terminal Clashes With Community Proposal

A proposal for a truck terminal along the West Allis-West Milwaukee, Wis., border is at odds with redevelopment plans previously drafted for the site by the two districts involved

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 13, 2000

TCA Board to Vote on ATA Support

The Truckload Carriers Assn., having decided not to integrate with the American Trucking Associations, is now trying to decide whether and how to offer support to ATA

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Drivers•by Staff•June 13, 2000

Nation’s Bridges Improving Slightly, Study Says

New federal data has revealed that the overall condition of bridges in the U.S. has improved, but approximately 29% are still in need of repair or improvement. The Road Information Program, a nonprofit transportation research group, analyzed the Federal Highway Administration’s latest data on bridges and concluded that 15 percent of the nation’s bridges are structurally deficient, while 14 percent are functionally obsolete – for a total of 29 percent. In 1998, the number was 30 percent

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