Kansas Truckers Fight Tax Hikes

A transportation plan passed by the Kansas Senate would jack up vehicle registration fees by 20% and increase fuel taxes by 5 cents a gallon.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 8, 1999
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Arkansas Says No to Tolls

Tollbooths are not likely to be sprouting on Interstate highways in Arkansas or elsewhere soon. A March 31 deadline for states to seek admission to a federal tolling program passed without a single applicant.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 7, 1999
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Werner Denounces CRASH Claims

Werner Enterprises this week angrily denounced allegations by Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways that the company’s paperless log system had loopholes drivers could use to violate hours-of-service regulations.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 7, 1999
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Justice Continues Reviewing Engine Decrees

The Department of Justice has not finished reviewing public comments on the consent decrees to settle charges that six diesel engine manufacturers cheated federal emissions tests.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 7, 1999
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Arco Says New Fuel Cuts Emissions

Scientists at Atlantic Richfield Co. will begin field testing a diesel fuel that could reduce pollution without affecting engine performance or fuel economy.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 7, 1999

Justice Still Reviewing Decrees

The Department of Justice has not finished reviewing public comments on the consent decrees to settle charges that six diesel engine manufacturers cheated federal emissions tests.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 7, 1999

Arkansas Says No to Interstate Tolls

TT File PhotoTollbooths are not likely to be sprouting on Interstate highways in Arkansas or elsewhere soon. A March 31 deadline for states to seek admission to a federal tolling program passed without a single applicant.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 2, 1999

Werner Denounces CRASH Claims

Werner Enterprises this week angrily denounced allegations by Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways that the company’s paperless log system had loopholes drivers could use to violate hours-of-service regulations.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 2, 1999
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Training Grant Beginning to Pay Off

The trucking industry would love to put hard-working people like Joe Childress behind the wheel of a big rig. And that’s where he will end up after participating in a program that teams the U.S. Department of Labor with state trucking associations, the PTDI and ATA.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 1, 1999
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BNSF Testing New Intermodal Service

The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway is testing a new service allowing customers to reserve intermodal service.

Jeff Johnson | Staff Reporter
April 1, 1999