The Truckload Carriers Association approved a new strategic plan Wednesday that refocuses the 61-year-trade group on education and training.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced details of its planned public hearing on truck and bus safety.

If all goes as planned March 17, the Truckload Carriers Association will decide on a new vision that will remove the 61-year-old group from the public policy arena and put it on the path toward integration with American Trucking Associations.

The LTL industry sharply criticized a draft study from the DOT on truck sizes and weights, beginning what is likely to be a steady stream of disapproval from trucking.

Giving drivers the opportunity to take on responsibilities outside the truck cab will encourage retention, according to a survey unveiled this week at TCA’s annual meeting

Membership is up at the Truckload Carriers Association, despite some concerns that a plan to make membership contingent upon joining ATA will drive carriers away.

If all goes as planned March 17, the Truckload Carriers Association will decide on a new vision that will remove the 61-year-old group from the public policy arena and put it on the path toward integration with ATA.

Get on the Web or get left behind, members of the Truckload Carriers Associations were warned at a Sunday session on how small carriers can take advantage of the Internet.

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater continued his defense of the Department of Transportation’s handling of motor carrier safety at a March 4 congressional hearing.

The Department of Transportation has launched a review of the federal government’s oversight of hazardous materials transportation.