Authorization for the federal highway program will not run out until 2003, yet the Department of Transportation is developing the first surface transportation proposal of the 21st century, with emphasis on intermodalism.

The number of crashes involving trucks took another dive during 1999 as the industry improved its safety record for the second year in the row, according to preliminary statistics from the Department of Transportation.

Cattle ranchers, steel makers and trucking company executives fanned out across Capitol Hill last week in an effort to spark congressional interest in heavier trucks.

Railroads should spend less time trying to slow the growth of trucking and more time working with the industry to improve service, American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick said in a recent speech to rail shippers.

The Surface Transportation Board hopes this week to begin the process of developing new rules for how it handles proposed rail mergers.

Twenty-two years after helping to create the Truck Renting and Leasing Association, its president is getting ready to step aside — for the second time.

Government regulations, both on the books and in proposal form, could further aggravate the already costly problem of long waits at shipping and receiving docks, according to the Truckload Carriers Association.

An official at Werner Enterprises shed some light on what prompted his company to link up with five other large truckload carriers to form one the industry’s newest dot.com operations, Transplace.com, to serve logistics customers.

With safety a constant concern among trucking companies, the Truckload Carriers Association took time to honor and highlight operations that have done an exceptional job. It also recognized people who have contributed to improving the field.

Captains of America’s Road Team offered a series of tips to car and truck drivers in navigating road work zones during National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week.