The 14-year-old commercial driver license program is getting a 16-point major tune-up mandated by Congress, with federal regulators now crafting the details of the revisions.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, which represents the men and women who enforce trucking safety on the highway, wants the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service rulemaking to go forward, but without the mandate for onboard data recorders.

Wyoming mistakenly gave nearly $4 million in fuel tax refunds to truckers that it should have kept, state officials said this week.

The New Jersey Turnpike is finally ready to launch its new electronic toll-payment system, and the toll increases that will accompany it.

California lawmakers approved a legislative fix to iron out incompatibilities between California’s truck registration rules and those of the rest of the states and provinces involved in the International Registration Plan.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance gathered some of trucking’s critics to discuss the highway safety challenges that face the industry, including the suggestion that everyone work together on driver education.

Brian Baumeister, a driver for AmeriPride Services Inc., was named Delivery Driver of the Year in the inaugural Race to Deliver, a national competition for parcel delivery drivers that was held Sept. 10-11.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have joined forces to test the effectiveness of states’ truck driver licensing programs.

A federal panel looking into commercial driver license bribery in the Chicago area found driver licensers were not being adequately monitored in Illinois and nationwide.

The 14-year-old commercial driver license program is getting a 16-point major tune-up mandated by Congress, with federal regulators now crafting the details of the revisions.