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Members of the Western Highway Institute will set the group’s research agenda at its annual meeting in San Francisco from Dec. 5 to 7.

Louisiana transportation officials blame heavy cross-border truck traffic for the state’s No. 2 ranking for having the country’s worst roads in an owner-operator magazine.

New York City will begin a crackdown on truck size and weight regulations on Tuesday according to the New York State Motor Truck Association.

After nearly two decades of work, the framers of the Multi-State Highway Transportation Agreement are still battling to give western states the right to standardize truck size and weight limits.

Members of the Western Highway Institute will set the group’s research agenda at its annual meeting in San Francisco early this week and discuss its affiliation with American Trucking Associations.

Illinois lawmakers provided relief to intermodal truckers by passing a law that makes the owners of chassis, trailers and containers responsible for their condition.

The Los Angeles area has the nation’s most brutal traffic, according to two studies of urban road congestion.

When a trucker is hauling a triple through a steep mountain pass, the last thing he needs is to be surprised by an ice storm. That’s why the Utah Motor Transportation Association’s winter weather command center prides itself on keeping truckers up-to-date on road conditions across the state and beyond.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority wants to raise tolls 26% over the next three years on truckers paying cash at tollbooths. Discounted fares would be available to truckers taking advantage of E-ZPass, the state’s electronic toll collection system.

By Dec. 1, all trucking company employees who use forklifts must be trained in the vehicles’ use under an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule.