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By Christian Schenk, vice president product marketing, Xata Corp. CSA 2010 is many things. To the government, it’s a way of increasing safety. To most… Read More »What You Don't Know Will Hurt You

 Updated: 10/7/2010 8:00:00 AM By Ken WeinbergVice President Carrier Logistics Inc. This Opinion piece appears in the Oct. 4 print edition of Transport Topics. Click… Read More »Opinion: Trucking Tech Seizes the Day

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm FMCSA 12-10 Monday, August 30, 2010 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »FMCSA Fines Moving Van Lines, Inc. $281,000 for Violating Multiple Federal Regulations

Harvest-service rigs with hopper-bottom trailers pause at sunset along U.S. 23 in northwestern Ohio. Tomorrow they’ll resume working, hauling grain that eventually will arrive at… Read More »Like Late-Blooming Perennials, Trucks and Tractor-Trailers Appear for the Harvest

 Updated: 10/5/2010 9:00:00 AM Gas Gains 3.8¢ to $2.732, Following Crude Increase Diesel’s national average price jumped 4.9 cents to $3 a gallon, the first… Read More »Diesel Jumps 4.9¢ to $3 a Gallon

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm FMCSA 13-10 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Strengthens Commercial Bus Safety with National Passenger Carrier Strike Force

New bill would cut costs for equipment acquisition. (Photo by Deborah Lockridge) By Truckinginfo.com Staff Among the bills introduced on Capitol Hill right before Congress… Read More »Bill in House Aims to 'Reduce Barriers to New Truck Acquisition'

 Updated: 10/5/2010 10:15:00 AM The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded at a faster pace in September, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday. ISM’s monthly… Read More »ISM Services Index Expands at Faster Pace

Remarks of Bill Bronrott FMCSA Deputy Administrator Panel Session: Driving Transportation Policy with Naturalistic Data Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. FMCSA Uses… Read More »Remarks at Sympoisum on Naturalistic Driving Research

The Tire Retread Repair Information Bureau has fired Managing Director Harvey Brodsky, who had been in the job for 29 years. Brodsky was dismissed by… Read More »Brodsky Out at Retread Bureau

 Updated: 10/5/2010 10:45:00 AM Carlisle Companies said Tuesday it sold its Trail King specialty trailer business, but did not identify the buyer or sale price.… Read More »Carlisle Sells Trail King