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 Updated: 5/12/2011 10:10:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.8% in April, the Labor Department said Thursday. The April increase of prices paid to… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.8% in April

Fewer than 44 percent of fleets maintain their vehicles using software designed for that specific purpose, and one in three still uses paper and pencil… Read More »Fewer than Half of Fleets Use Fleet-Specific Software for Maintenance

 Updated: 5/6/2011 8:00:00 AM By Ernie BetancourtPresident QuikQ LLC This Opinion piece appears in the May 2 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to… Read More »Opinion: Fuel's Many Costs

Gina Angsten recently saved 0.7 mpg when she pulled an aero-equipped Duplainville Transport trailer with her already aerodynamic Freightliner Cascadia. “Trailer Talk” blog by Tom… Read More »Here's more scientific and real-world proof that trailer aerodynamics work.

 Updated: 5/6/2011 9:00:00 AM Trucking Adds 4,500 Jobs The U.S. economy added 244,000 jobs in April — including 4,500 trucking jobs — but the unemployment… Read More »Economy Adds Jobs; Unemployment Rate Rises to 9%

Prepared Remarks for Anne S. FerroFMCSA AdministratorMotorcoach Bus Safety Media EventWashington, DC Introduction Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us here today to reaffirm… Read More »Remarks to the Motorcoach Bus Safety Media Event

By Kimberly Pupillo, Contributor The marketing model of simply blasting out company messages and hoping that someone will listen is outdated. Today, audiences want relevant… Read More »Nine Must-Dos for a Successful Social Media Strategy

 Updated: 5/6/2011 11:00:00 AM Trimac Transportation Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of C$9 million, or 3 Canadian cents per unit, turning around a loss of… Read More »Trimac Reports First-Quarter Profit

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 13-11 Monday, May 9, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver… Read More »FMCSA Enhances Public Access to Motor Carrier Legal Orders and Decisions through New, Easily Searchable Web Page

By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor Under new guidelines being considered by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a truck driver who twice fails to have… Read More »CVSA Considering Out-of-Service Citation for Drivers Who Don't Have Medical Certificate

 Updated: 5/6/2011 12:30:00 PM Contrans Group said its first-quarter earnings declined, but boosted its dividend and said it saw signs of increased shipping activity. Net… Read More »Contrans Says 1Q Income Slips; Boosts Dividend

Leading national fleet operators have announced the formation of the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Fleet Forum, a new membership organization dedicated to advancing the use… Read More »National NGV Fleet Forum Comes Together to Advance Natural Gas Use in Transportation