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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 6, 2024

Automated Truck Weight Enforcement Comes to the Big Apple

New York City’s automated weight enforcement program for overweight trucks has already brought safer conditions to an aging half-mile portion of I-278.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 22, 2023

New York City Automates Truck Weight Enforcement on BQE

New York City will begin what leaders call a first-in-the-nation automated enforcement program targeting overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway this month in an effort to keep the roadway safe until it can be modernized.

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ProductsMarch 8, 2023

Air-Weigh Announces QuickWeigh Digital PSI Gauge & Scale Combo

The QuickWeigh digital PSI gauge and scale combo by Air-Weigh is designed for tractor and trailer air-ride suspensions.

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Videosby StaffJune 24, 2022

Truck Electrification and Driver Satisfaction: View from the Truck Stop [Video]

Just what would it take for a truck stop to offer charging for long-haul electric trucks? We talk to Delia Meier of the Iowa 80 Group and CAT Scale to get the truck-stop view on that and on driver satisfaction.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 28, 2022

Midwestern States Expand Truck Weights to Speed Disaster Relief

Transporting emergency loads during a disaster can be slowed because states have different bridge weight limits and varying regulations. Find out how these nine states are cutting red tape.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2020

Illinois Authorizes 88,000-pound Trucks Assisting with Emergency Response/Relief

In an effort to support emergency relief efforts in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Illinois is allowing 88,000 pounds (or an additional 10% above legal loads on fewer axles) for trucks assisting with emergency relief.

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NewsApril 11, 2016

West Virginia City Loses Appeal to Regulate Heavy Truck Traffic

The Morgantown, W. Va., city council has lost an appeal to regulate traffic along Route 7 in its jurisdiction based on size and weight.

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Articlesby Tom BergOctober 29, 2015

Six Axles and 91,000 Pounds: Will It Fly?

The latest congressional proposal authorizing a 91,000-pound weight limit adds productivity, but doesn’t always make operational or economic sense.

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Newsby David CullenOctober 9, 2015

Private Fleets Back Higher Truck Weight Limit

The National Private Truck Council is now throwing its own weight behind the legislative effort to allow individual states to increase the federal vehicle weight limit to 91,000 pounds for tractor-trailers that are equipped with a sixth axle.

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ArticlesAugust 26, 2015

New Report Explores Lightweighting

The North American Council on Freight Efficiency and the Carbon War Room released their most recent “Confidence Report,” on lightweighting strategies for heavy-duty trucks, released August 25 at the Fleet Technology Expo in Long Beach, Calif.

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