Congress made little headway on trucking-related issues in 1999 aside from creating the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The last year of the 20th century was a period of rebuilding for American Trucking Associations, which began a top-to-bottom restructuring in 1998.

Efforts to increase trucking productivity took many forms in 1999 as some trucking groups pushed for allowing big rigs to carry heavier loads and railroads were prodded to allow greater access to their tracks..

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Linda J. Morgan has some advice for employees of the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: work hard and work fast.

The Federal Highway Administration will look into the issue of whether trucks hauling trash, home fuel oil and cement should be exempt from current federal weight limits.

The year’s hot debate over which government agency should regulate trucking safety was resolved in a way that left the question moot and the motor carrier industry delighted.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general recommends using recording devices to assist in efforts to improve surface transportation safety, which he says needs to remain a top priority at the agency.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general recommends using recording devices to assist in efforts to improve surface transportation safety, which he says needs to remain a top priority at the agency.

Appointing an impartial director of the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration occupies the top spot of CRASH’s agenda for 2000.

The International Intermodal Expo will be held on a biannual basis, the organizers of the trade show announced. The 2000 Expo, scheduled for April 11 to 13 in Atlanta, will be followed up in 2002.