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A Pennsylvania legislative panel blamed an increase in fatal crashes involving trucks in part on dwindling inspection numbers and not enough spending on truck safety.

California truckers are caught in the middle of political test of wills between the state’s two most powerful air quality agencies over diesel sulfur levels.

California truckers are caught in the middle of political test of wills between the state’s two most powerful air quality agencies over diesel sulfur levels.

What would have been just another bridge reconstruction in Newark took on greater significance as New Jersey embarked on the first project of its $1 billion-plus Portway project.

The Montana Department of Transportation is about to go online with a system that automatically approves size and weight permits, which truckers may print out from their own computers 24-hours a day. It also serves as a prototype that the contractor hopes to sell to other states.

What would have been just another bridge reconstruction in Newark took on greater significance as New Jersey embarked on the first project of its $1 billion-plus Portway project.

The Montana Department of Transportation is about to go online with a system that automatically approves size and weight permits, which truckers may print out from their own computers 24-hours a day.

Larry Rouvelas makes machines that he says can show when a driver is unfit for duty because of impairment by fatigue, drugs or alcohol, and he thinks the hours-of-service rules will eventually be replaced by detectors that will allow truckers to drive until they are measurably tired.

Refrigerated carriers laid out the battle plans for getting truckers in and out of the loading docks without the interminable delays that rankle drivers and sap carrier productivity and revenue.

William Grojean says refrigerated carriers are heading for a day of reckoning because of difficulties in getting rate increases and paying drivers enough.