The Wyoming Department of Transportation is looking for some creative methods to keep a portion of Interstate 80 in the southeastern corner of the state open when winter storms hit or vehicle crashes block the highway.

The rise and fall of diesel prices since 1990 often resembled a roller coaster ride, with stomach-churning twists and turns caused by weather, war and the economy.

The winter storm that blew out of the Rocky Mountains in early March left a swath of ice, record snowfall, treacherous driving conditions from Colorado to Michigan and nearly two dozen people dead.

Truckers, like sailors, need to keep one eye on the weather gauge. And truckers, like many people, are turning more and more to the Internet to find crucial information.

Toll increases on seven of the toll bridges linking New Jersey with Pennsylvania were delayed indefinitely pending implementation of the E-ZPass system, a spokeswoman for the bridges’ operating authority said.

Letters from the Utah Department of Transportation thanked state trucking associations all over the country for helping prevent road congestion and bringing in goods during the February Winter Olympics in Utah.

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has until April 8 to sign a bill that would allow tolls on existing roads, but it could be years before a proposal to build truck-only toll lanes on Interstate 81 is approved, a state transportation official said.

Officials in Laredo, Texas, are battling the state over the location of border inspection stations mandated by the federal government as Mexican carriers prepare to move their rigs farther into the United States this summer under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Kansas Gov. Bill Graves’s plan to raise his state’s motor fuels taxes and truck fees is drawing opposition from the Kansas Motor Carriers Association.

Bad roads are costing every trucker more than $1,200 a year in extra repairs and depreciation, according to estimates by The Road Information Program. The group found that 32% of the nation’s roads are in need of “significant improvement.”