Alberta saw a reduction in the number of traffic fatalities and injuries related to truck-involved crashes in 1999, according to the province’s latest Traffic Collision Statistics Report.

Air pollution generated by vehicle traffic kills thousands of people every year in Europe, according to a study published in the Sept. 2 issue of the British medical journal Lancet.

The bad news in the Canadian trucking industry is that things have not changed much for drivers and dispatchers. The good news is that things are not worse, according to an updated study.

Alberta saw a reduction in the number of traffic fatalities and injuries related to truck-involved crashes in 1999, according to the province’s latest Traffic Collision Statistics Report.

On Sept. 6, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators sponsored International Brake Check Day.

Fatigue management is one of the most challenging and important human factors facing transportation workers today, according to a group of government and industry experts who attended a Department of Transportation conference on the subject.

David Barnes, formerly senior correspondent for Transport Topics, has put aside his reporter’s notebook and joined the ranks of the inspector general’s office at the Department of Transportation.

Fatigue management is one of the most important human factors facing transportation workers today, but industry representatives at a DOT fatigue conference said government regulations may not offer a complete solution.

Ontario and Quebec have agreed to harmonize the weights and dimensions for several tractor-trailer combinations that commonly operate between the two provinces.

American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. blasted Reader’s Digest for its depiction of trucks in an article in its September issue.