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Navistar International Corp. and Siemens Automotive Corp. have finalized plans for a $100 million joint venture to develop and manufacture diesel fuel injectors designed to meet emission standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency for 2002.

Wayne Carpenter is the newest trucking Good Samaritan to win the title of Highway Hero. The tanker driver was chosen from five semifinalists in Goodyear's annual North America Highway Hero program.

TT File PhotoTollbooths are not likely to be sprouting on Interstate highways in Arkansas or elsewhere soon. A March 31 deadline for states to seek admission to a federal tolling program passed without a single applicant.

A rule requiring trucking companies to install reflective tape or reflectors on the sides and rears of older trailers will cost at least $228 million, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Werner Enterprises this week angrily denounced allegations by Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways that the company’s paperless log system had loopholes drivers could use to violate hours-of-service regulations.

Despite complaints from munitions haulers, the Department of Defense is moving forward with a plan to use a third-party electronic freight payment system to compensate freight carriers.

The chairman of Roadway Express said a slow recovery from a threatened strike in 1998 has forced the company to look for opportunities outside of its core freight hauling business.

The heads of the leading railroad and trucking associations met March 26 to discuss increases in truck cargo capacity and railroad competitive access, spokesmen for both groups said.

Following discussions with U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, the European Union has agreed to a short delay in implementing a controversial ban on older, nosier aircraft.

The Department of Transportation has a familiar face as its new chief spokesman. William Schulz, the department’s deputy director of public affairs, has been named director of public affairs.