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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry remained the same in July as in June, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index. View the full article -
TransCore's North American Freight Index climbed 47% in August compared to the same month in 2010, marking the eighth consecutive month that spot market freight availability reached an all-time same-month high. View the full article
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Missouri Department of Transportation has begun working to get flooded roads open as quickly as possible. View the full article
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Idealease has expanded its product offering to include diesel-powered Capacity terminal tractors. View the full article
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Truck Enterprises Roanoke has announced Hino Trucks as their newest truck franchise. View the full article
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For October's Trailer Report, Senior Editor Tom Berg spoke with several flatbed fleets about their current buying plans and trailer specs. It turns out these fleets are also buying new trucks. View the full article
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Hribar Logistics of Caledonia, Wis., added two Kenworth 440 compressed-natural-gas tractors to its fleet powered by the Cummins Westport ISL G. View the full article
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The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday easily passed a short-term extension of highway funding through March 31. View the full article
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The National Transportation Safety Board recommended banning mobile phone use by commercial drivers Tuesday following its investigation of 2010 cross-median truck crash that claimed 11 lives. View the full article
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves said that while President Obama's jobs proposal could boost employment temporarily, it is no replacement for passing long-overdue multiyear transportation legislation. View the full article
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Rising to the defense of the heavy truck antilock brake requirement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week rejected a petition to drop the standard or give drivers the option not to use it. View the full article
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The Iowa Department of Transportation announced it will be undertaking a project to rebuild Interstate 680 in Pottawattamie County, which was severely damaged by the Missouri River flooding. The roadway has been closed since early June. View the full article
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The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 1.4% in August on a seasonally and workday adjusted basis, following a 0.2% decline in July. View the full article
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Total merchandise purchases by truckstops nationwide served by McLane increased 24% during the 2011 second quarter, compared with a year earlier, led largely by hot and cold beverage sales along with commissary, food service, dairy and deli sales, according to the McLane-NATSO Index. View the full article
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Congress is considering a clean six-month extension of the federal highway program, which would fund the program at its current level until March 31, 2012. The House bill, introduced by Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will be taken up this week, according to a schedule posted by the Rules Committee. View the full article
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GE Capital Fleet Services will host a webinar on Sept. 20, focusing on the U.S. Department of Transportation's Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety enforcement program. View the full article
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Mexican Carrier Clears Audit for Cross-Border Trucking
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A Mexican trucking company, Grupo Behr de Baja California, has cleared its pre-authorization audit for providing long-distance service into the U.S. as part of the pending cross-border pilot program. View the full article -
Utility Fleet Sales has acquired the assets of Powerline Equipment Sales based in Wentzville, Mo. View the full article
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Old Dominion Freight Line opened its newest service center in Madison, WIs., after experiencing sustained growth in the region. View the full article
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National on-highway diesel prices dropped six-tenths of a cent from last week to $3.862, following a rise of more than 4 cents the week previous. View the full article
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Is an infrastructure bank a "Fannie and Freddie for roads and bridges," or a silver bullet to fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges and create jobs? View the full article
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Today is the beginning of Brake Safety Week in North America. CVSA inspectors will be doing a lot of brake stroke inspections this week, and also working with drivers, mechanics and others to improve awareness of brake systems and regulatory compliance. Its one of the best things CVSA does. View the full article
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Bendix this week will give legislators, governmental agencies and others in the Washington, D.C., area a chance to experience current and future safety technologies. View the full article
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A nearly 50-year-old bridge taking I-64 across the Ohio River between New Albany, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., has been closed after cracks were found in two support beams. View the full article
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Sales of trucks powered by natural gas will grow faster than the rest of the North American Market over the next several years, according to Frost & Sullivan, an industry analysis firm. A new report predicts that North American sales of Class 6-8 LNG and CNG vehicles will rise to nearly 30,000 by 2017. That's up from just 1,950 last year, slightly less than 1% of North American sales. View the full article
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