Faced with a stagnant membership that is unwilling to play hardball politics to win legislative changes in surface transportation policy, the National Industrial Transportation League is increasing its emphasis on outreach to carriers and increasing member services.

While a labor-related obstacle to reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board has been removed, shipper concerns about a lack of railroad competition remain a likely sticking point when Congress tackles the issue again next year.

Amtrak will soon be hauling perishable produce along with passengers, parcels and other cargo as the company goes after additional opportunities to put freight on its trains.

Amtrak will soon be hauling perishable produce along with passengers, parcels and other cargo as the company goes after additional opportunities to put freight on its trains.

Legislation creating a Motor Carrier Safety Administration is on its way to the White House after Congress finished action on the proposal last week, and Transportation Secretary Slater says he backs the bill.

Faced with a stagnant membership that is unwilling to fight hard for legislative changes, the National Industrial Transportation League is increasing its emphasis on outreach to carriers.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) told shippers she wants to enact legislation that will give the Surface Transportation Board more power to encourage competitive services from railroads.

Lawmakers broke a logjam over creation of a federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, leading the House to pass a revised version of its truck and safety bill Thursday night.

A. Maurice Myers is trying for a corporate hat trick. Three years after joining Yellow Corp., Myers last week announced his immediate departure for the greener pastures of the trash-hauling industry.

New regulations designed to reduce the number of truck-train collisions may have the opposite effect and contribute to an increase in accidents, federal officials and others warned last week.