The Single State Registration System was supposed to be a rest stop on the road to elimination of state registration requirements.

Home heating oil delivery carriers would be able to apply for seasonal exemptions from federal hours-of-service regulations beginning Nov. 1 under a pilot program proposed last week.

Home heating oil delivery carriers would be able to apply for seasonal exemptions from federal hours-of-service regulations under a pilot program proposed last week.

Sky-high diesel prices along the Eastern Seaboard eased a little this week, as the national average price retreated slightly from a 10-year high. But prices in the West continue to climb.

Large trucking operations hauling hazardous materials will see their federal registration fees increase 660% beginning May 1 under new rules issued by the Research and Special Programs Administration.

The restructuring of American Trucking Associations into a Washington lobbying powerhouse entered its final phase Feb. 8 as its executive committee unanimously approved a $49.8 million budget that increases the group’s focus on national advocacy and initiates a second round of dues cuts.

One of trucking’s best-known and most articulate advocates is heading down the road.

The Clinton administration proposes to spend a record $29.3 billion on roads and bridges in fiscal 2001, but the federal-aid program still faces diversions of tax revenue, and that drew some complaints.

The nation’s most influential trucking group has endorsed the collection of electronic data for accident analysis as long as the same rules are applied to both trucks and passenger vehicles.

Members of the Oregon Trucking Associations are hunting for cash to help pay for a $4.1 million campaign to keep their state’s weight-distance tax in the grave.