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The service problems that bedeviled Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads after the division of Conrail lines are slowly but steadily being solved. But one of their biggest customers disagrees.

Aerodynamic improvements have reduced splash and spray from trucks, but the American Trucking Associations says no current or future technology is likely to eliminate the problem.

Legislators are seeking a way out of a budget snarl that's hindering efforts to end their more than six-month session, and a bill killing the state's weight-mile tax hangs in the balance.

A parked truck carrying leftover fireworks exploded in a Canadian industrial park Tuesday morning, spraying shrapnel for a block and sending rockets off in all directions.

In the news this morning: N.J. truck rules may be revised; FHWA proposes graduated CDL plan; and BNSF, Dana launch joint venture to transport chemicals.

United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, will offer stock to the public for the first time. The firm plans to sell 10% of its common stock by the end of the year.

The federal governments wants to gauge trucking’s sentiment on the notion of a graduated commercial driver license, which could allow younger drivers into the cab of big rigs.

The Rhode Island Trucking Association reports that the southbound lanes of I-295 south of Exit 10 had been closed to all truck traffic due to problems with a bridge in Cumberland.

Several members of Congress said they support a bill to provide additional federal funding for the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-95, but prospects of passage are uncertain.

The “No-Zone” campaign has been talking about avoiding the “blind spots” on trucks for the last five years and a recent report indicates the public has been listening.