Once derided as socially awkward geeks wearing pocket protectors, engineers are doing the wildest things these days, especially in truck making.

Nearly every significant rulemaking from the federal government is bound to be met with some skepticism and doubt from at least a portion of the freight transportation industry.

The adage, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” is one that can sum up the discussion at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s annual meeting perfectly. Except when it doesn’t at all.

A lot of mixed economic news is floating around. Recent issues of Transport Topics and any other business publications can each give you a half-dozen reasons to cringe and be afraid, while there is an almost equal number of reasons to smile and be happy.

Modern American business is a blizzard of numbers. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it, the business school mantra goes.    

Last May, speaking at a welcome dinner as part of a global ocean race, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urged those in attendance to take away two important points from the event.

It has been anything but business as usual along the Eastern Seaboard the past few weeks.

It’s time to wonder if crude oil, diesel fuel and gasoline are actually getting too cheap? A surprising notion, but for many people it’s already the case.

Safety within the trucking industry continues to improve.

No sooner than we ripped the plastic off our 2016 calendars came yet more news about the connection between the federal government and trucking.