Trucking must fight efforts in Congress to strangle its productivity. That is why American Trucking Associations will push for state flexibility to fill in the gaps in the network for longer combination vehicles and resist any attempts to undercut vehicle dimensions, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

Moving to fill vacancies on the Surface Transportation Board, the White House appointed William Clyburn Jr. to a partial term of one year.

Trucking hauls just under 70% of the nation’s business freight, according to new government statistics.

Trucking representatives are denouncing the Department of Transportation’s draft study of truck sizes and weights as flawed and lacking substance.

Trucking hauls just under 70% of U.S. business freight, according to new government statistics.

Trucking must fight efforts in Congress to strangle its productivity. That is why American Trucking Associations will push for state flexibility to fill in the gaps in the network for longer combination vehicles and resist any attempts to undercut vehicle dimensions, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

The DOT’s intermodal czar is joining the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials as executive director.

William Clyburn Jr. has received a one-year appointment to the Surface Transportation Board from President Clinton. The appointment means that Mr. Clyburn can serve until Dec. 31. 1999.

TT PhotoAmerican Trucking Associations is seeking the support of the head of the nation’s anti-drug program for changes in driver drug-testing laws. ATA wants to allow motor carriers to base random drug testing rates on their own performance.

Improving surface transportation safety ranks just behind aviation safety as a priority of the Department of Transportation, according to a new report by the department’s inspector general.