Eb Peters is stepping down as president of the North Carolina Trucking Association after nearly 19 years of representing the state’s motor carriers.

The leaders of state trucking associations are meeting this week to discuss several industry-related topics, including the restructuring of American Trucking Associations.

The California Trucking Association and the state Air Resources Board are asking the federal government to create a national diesel fuel standard.

Heavy rains in central Colorado caused mudslides that have closed portions of Interstate 70, Colorado 133, and U.S. 6 following flash flooding throughout the area on Tuesday.

Massachusetts may surprise some truckers with a $100 fine as the state continues to require permits for 53-foot trailers.

As state workers posted signs last week banning in-transit truckers from many New Jersey roads, some industry officials complained about the sweep of Gov. Christie Whitman’s emergency order that sought to calm citizens’ ire about truck traffic, especially in rural areas.

The Oregon Senate approved the elimination of the state’s weight-distance tax, but the drive to abolish the oldest such tax in the country faces a tough sell before the House and the governor.

Oregon lawmakers have voted to abolish the state’s 52-year-old weight-distance tax on trucks. The state Senate approved the repeal July 17, but it took two votes in the House to pass the bill.

The Federal Highway Administration extended the deadline to participate in its paperless logs pilot program for a second time.

An untold number of interstate truckers is about to lose their shortcuts through New Jersey after Gov. Christie Whitman last week banned tractor-trailers from two-lane, undivided highways.