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The Arizona Department of Transportation continues to reopen highway rest areas that were temporarily closed, including three this week. View the full article
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Several regions across the U.S. are seeing a pickup in demand for freight transportation services, according to the Federal Reserve. View the full article -
The California Air Resources Board may ease emission standards for model-year 2003 transport refrigeration units, set to take effect Dec. 31, 2010. View the full article
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Half of fleets surveyed plan to place orders for trailers before the end of this year, according to a recent survey conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research. View the full article
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World trade by all modes of transportation will grow 8.1 percent in 2010 and 6.9 percent in 2011, according to the latest forecast from IHS Global Insight's World Trade Service. View the full article
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In June, new orders for manufactured durable goods were down for the second month in a row, falling 1 percent to $190.5 billion View the full article
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Second quarter performance for less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line improved from the year-ago quarter on a 13.4 percent boost in tonnage. View the full article
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Pacific Gas & Electric Company will be the first company in the U.S. to take delivery of Raser's new extended range electric fleet trucks, designed to achieve an average of 100 miles per gallon in typical daily driving when recharged at night from a typical household outlet. View the full article
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The American Transportation Research Institute has released an updated version of its listing of state and local idling regulations, which can be accessed as a cab card or on the Web View the full article
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In June, the American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 1.4 percent from May, an indication the economy could be slowing. View the full article
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Cummins Inc. said it has reached its highest quarterly earnings as a percentage of sales in more than 25 years, with second quarter earnings before interest and taxes at $401 million, or 12.5 percent of sales. View the full article
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Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services returned to a profitable state in the second quarter, with net income of $1.3 million, or 13 cents a share. View the full article
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A low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) will not reduce carbon emissions, but will increase the price of diesel fuel, adversely impact truck operability and erode U.S. energy security, said Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, in a letter sent to Senators. View the full article
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The second National Distracted Driving Summit is scheduled for Sept. 21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. View the full article
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The American Trucking Associations sent a letter to Volkswagen voicing concern over its new television commercial "Shoot the Gap," which portrays a passenger car driver passing a tractor-trailer on the right side and pulling into a small gap between the two tractor-trailers. View the full article
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Nearly 53 percent of skin cancers in the U.S. occur on the left side of the body, or the driver's side, according to a recent study from the St. Louis University Medical School. View the full article
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UPS has set a new goal to improve the mpg performance of its U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020. View the full article
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Daimler AG managed to turn a profit in the second quarter, posting earnings before interest and taxes of $2.7 billion, up from a loss of $1.3 billion the 2009 quarter. View the full article
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Evans Distribution Systems, a third-party logistics provider of warehousing, transportation and value-added solutions, has expanded with new operations in Kenosha, Wis., Twinsburg and Toledo, Ohio, and Denver and Aurora, Colo. View the full article
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Executives who run temperature-controlled fleets have "much to be optimistic about," said Corey England, chief operating officer of C.R. England Inc., in remarks to colleagues at the Truckload Carriers Association Refrigerated Division's annual meeting last week. "Demand in our industry is up, in many cases outstripping capacity," he noted. But the group's outgoing chairman was also cautious about mixed signals in the economy that threaten to seriously interrupt the recovery. View the full article
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Diesel rose 2 cents this week, breaking its month-long downward trend View the full article
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The American Truck Dealers division of the National Automotive Dealers Association is calling for the creation of a federal stimulus program to boost new truck sales and put cleaner, more fuel-efficient trucks on the road. View the full article
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The American Trucking Associations has announced its opposition to the FREIGHT Act of 2010, the new Senate legislation that would set a national freight transportation policy. View the full article
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U.S. Department of Transportation has expanded its internship program designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in transportation. The program will grow from one to 10 regions of the country View the full article
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An updated white paper produced by consulting firm WIH Resource Group points to the benefits of using compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas for refuse collection fleets. View the full article
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