Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>ANAHEIM, Calif. — An official with the Agricultural and Food Transporters Council said the group had developed a new computer program that would encourage trucking to better protect itself from the threat of terrorist attacks.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Executives at companies that specialize in fuel-management software and optimization tools for the trucking industry said surging fuel prices have created increased demand for their products.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations said it has launched a new Internet initiative on its Web site for truckers to share information about the effect of high fuel prices on their businesses.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. efore the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules on whether to issue an exemption to design requirements for an automated onboard recording device produced by software manufacturer Xora Inc., it first should conduct a pilot program, American Trucking Associations has urged.

Corning Inc. said it would spend $100 million to expand its manufacturing facility that makes the ceramic filtration material used in some diesel particulate filters, as demand for the filters increases ahead of 2007 engine emission standards.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Environmental Protection Agency said it would give fuel refiners incentives to increase production of ultra-low-sulfur diesel ahead of schedule so that pipeline companies and fuel retailers can test their distribution systems.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Michigan State Police said it would increase the monitoring of trucks on its roads in an attempt to reduce the number of crashes.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations told a state judge that he should block the California Air Resources Board from enforcing a regulation that classifies particulate matter from diesel exhaust as a “toxic air contaminant.”

The Delaware legislature has abandoned plans to give the state’s Department of Transportation authority to increase tolls on state Route 1 this month, an agency official said.

The Technology & Maintenance Council has started broadcasting a weekly program on satellite radio dedicated to technical issues affecting the trucking industry.