What may have appeared as a Conestoga wagon to the undiscerning eye was actually the trailer bearing the Capitol Christmas tree. The 64-foot Colorado Blue Spruce arrived in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4 after a 10-day trek from Colorado’s Pike National Forest, near Colorado Springs.

While the Canadian trucking industry is hopeful that the recently elected government will put transportation policies on the agenda, their pre-election report card suggests that will not necessarily be the case.

Though a Nafta panel has ruled against U.S. restrictions on Mexican trucks, it is just the beginning of a long journey down the path of arbitration.

Mexican trucks will not be rolling into the United States anytime soon and tax issues may be the reason, an expert on the North American Free Trade Agreement said.

What may have appeared as a Conestoga wagon to the undiscerning eye was actually the trailer bearing the Capitol Christmas tree, and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) was behind the wheel.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Dawn Capalbo’s 55-year-old husband and business partner, Sam, died suddenly of a heart attack, forcing her to take over an airfreight trucking business she knew little about.

Mexico won an important victory in its bid to force the U.S. to open its roads to Mexican truckers under the North American Free Trade Agreement when an arbitration panel issued a preliminary decision in Mexico’s favor.

Illinois, concerned about losing trucker revenue, intends to conduct joint audits with Oklahoma of trucking operations that claim Oklahoma as a base state under the International Registration Plan.

For John Mayo, an independent owner-operator from Orlando, Fla., the reason was purely economic. For Jerome Ballard, driving for Werner Enterprises out of Beaumont, Texas, the reason was an error in scheduling.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Dawn Capalbo’s 55-year-old husband and business partner, Sam, died suddenly of a heart attack, forcing her to take over an airfreight trucking business she knew little about.