Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to consider taxing motorists by how many miles they drive, the Associated Press reported Friday.
February 20, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
MAN’s 4Q Income Drops; Will Cut Production
Germany-based truck maker MAN AG will cut costs and extend reductions in its employees’ work hours after the recession and declining sales caused its fourth-quarter profit to plunge by almost half, Bloomberg reported.
February 19, 2009BusinessSafety
Rail, Intermodal Traffic Fall for Week
Rail and intermodal traffic fell last week, the Association of American Railroads said.
February 19, 2009EditorialGovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsAutonomous
Trucking’s Growing Job Losses
Trucking suffered the greatest loss of jobs in history during January, excluding the month of the national drivers’ strike in 1994.
February 19, 2009Letters to the EditorBusinessSafety
Letters: Truck vs. Car Speed, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Run, Removing Snow, 10% Pay Cut
Regarding different speed limits for cars and large trucks, arguments with this one go on and on.
February 17, 2009BusinessLogisticsFuelTechnologyEquipmentSafety
National Retail Systems Deploys Clean Trucks to Calif. Ports
National Retail Systems has deployed 115 trucks to comply with the Clean Truck Program requirements set forth by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company said Tuesday.
February 17, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Hearing to Come on Calif. Emissions Waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.
February 17, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Test Drive Helps Kenworth Refine Its New Truck, Trailer Designs
RENTON, Wash. — In the struggle to squeeze a few more miles out of each tank of fuel, truck makers are designing tractors with the aid of computer models and wind tunnels more generally used to tweak race cars or airplanes.
February 16, 2009BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
BorgWarner, GE Locomotive Announce Layoffs
BorgWarner Turbo Systems said it is laying off 140 workers at its plant in Arden, N.C., that manufactures turbochargers for diesel trucks and construction equipment.
February 16, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Truck Highway Safety Improves to Best Level, DOT Data Show
Two key safety indicators improved to their best-ever levels during 2007, according to data just released by the Department of Transportation and analyzed by Transport Topics.
February 16, 2009