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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•April 24, 2000

New York May Drop Rest Area Time Restrictions

The state of New York is proposing to waive the current three-hour limit on nighttime parking at its rest stops so truckers can get much-needed sleep

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Drivers•by Staff•April 24, 2000

Seven Regional Fleets Merge

Seven companies focused on intermodal trucking, regional truckload and related logistics services from across the U.S. will merge into RoadLink USA to form a national company with 50 service locations from coast-to-coast

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 24, 2000

Equipment Financing Site Relaunched

CIT Equipment Financing, Livingston, NJ, has re-launched its web site, eFinance-it.com, an application for equipment buyers with a variety of finance and industry resource functions

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 24, 2000

Burlington Raises Pay By 13%

Burlington Motor Carriers, Daleville, IN, has announced a new pay package for drivers which increases overall wages of longhaul company drivers up to 13 percent. Longhaul drivers who have 10 or more years of experience will

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•April 24, 2000

Wisconsin Carriers Endorse PrePass

The Wisconsin Motor Carriers Assn. is officially endorsing PrePass, an electronic pre-clearance system for trucks on interstate highways. WMCA president Tom Howells said the association is backing PrePass because it is a turnkey system that can be

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 24, 2000

Steel Hauler Has a Tough Message on Driver Pay

Steel hauler Steve Williams, president of Maverick Transportation in Little Rock, AR, has a bold solution for his driver shortage. At a time when other truckload fleets are talking about raising driver pay by a couple of

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 22, 2000

Fleetscape.com, Not Fleetworks

Fleetworks.com is no more. But Fleetscape is alive, well and ready to fight the Internet battles to come. In March, Meritor and two partners announced the launch of Fleetworks.com, a parts exchange for the U.S. commercial medium-

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 21, 2000

New Protest Form: Running Legal Logs

A grassroots group of truckers is promoting a campaign they're calling "Make May Matter," asking truck drivers to run scrupulously legal log books during May in a form of protest against what it views as intrusive

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 21, 2000

Gore Meets With Teamsters President

Vice President Al Gore Friday had lunch with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, who continues to withhold his union's endorsement

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Drivers•by Staff•April 21, 2000

Illinois Pushing Truckers To Use Electronic Tolls

Illinois is launching a campaign to get heavy trucks enrolled in the state tollway's I-PASS electronic toll collection system

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