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As a recent government employee, I must shout the age-old cliche, “Things ain’t what they used to be.”

The explosive growth that marked the truck leasing business in the 1970s and the post-deregulation ’80s is over. Leasing has essentially leveled off, as measured by the number of vehicles, but the business remains a strong and viable industry, executives say.

The shortage of qualified truck drivers gets plenty of press, but for truck leasing companies, the lack of trained technicians is just as serious.

Charging truck operators only for the miles they put on a vehicle is an idea that has been talked about by European truck leasing executives for several years.

The federal motor carrier safety program is broken, critics say. And it seems everyone has an idea on the best way to fix it.

A federal appeals court has upheld the federal motor carrier safety ratings system, rejecting trucking’s claims that the process is “arbitrary and capricious” and based on unsound methodology.

A new group comprised of municipal officials from across the country has taken aim at railroad safety.

Support for creation of a federal agency devoted solely to truck safety grew last week during a long-awaited congressional hearing on who in the Department of Transportation should oversee the industry.

Reforming federal hours-of-service regulations tops American Trucking Associations’ safety agenda for 1999, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

Mexican trucks could be allowed limited access to four U.S. border states by year’s end, according to Department of Transportation documents submitted to Congress.