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Next time you think you’re running out of things to worry about, walk through the maintenance shop and check the bolt bins. There are enough potential disasters lurking there to give your corporate legal counsel ulcers.

For Erv Madsen, the mudslide that wiped out two miles of Highway 95 Oct. 16 is more than just an inconvenience. It could be enough to put him out of business.

Chalk up another huge month for Class 8 truck manufacturers.

A new report on hours-of-service regulations outlines five options with wide variations in the way they combine shift length, driving time, nondriving work time, sleep time and personal time.

Everyone who’s anyone in America’s vast distribution network has computer-based information and communication systems. These days you can’t do business without them. But in the words of one major player, “It’s not what you use but how you use it.”

The British Highways Agency has completed a feasibility study on dedicated, truck-only lanes on the island nation’s congested motorway system, and is now testing the idea.

Publicly owned transportation and logistics companies are taking advantage of the current stock market downturn to repurchase their stock at bargain prices.

Congress was finally closing in on a $500 billion budget agreement as Transport Topics went to press late last week. And it’s about time.

A federal investigation into the bribery scandal involving Chicago-area licensing facilities is spreading.

There’s a new partnership in truck manufacturing: Mack Trucks and Cummins Engine Co.