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There has been little resistance to the Department of Transportation’s recent decision to promote a national standard for transponders and other short-range radio communications equipment.

Delaying a decision on seeking authority to charge tolls on interstates Wednesday gave the state Highway Commission breathing room with legislators at an important juncture in the search for highway funding.

Trucking, railroads and shippers urged Congress to give the Department of Transportation primary jurisdiction over hazardous materials transportation.

Cummins Engine Co. reported higher sales but lower profits in the fourth quarter of 1998 and a loss for the year.

Can a trucking company be held accountable for the failure of a vendor to handle Y2K compliance issues? Some experts are warning carriers to prepare for the worst.

A trucking company says it will create at least 60 jobs in the Hagerstown area.

A major critic of trucking and the industry’s most powerful group agreed last week to work together on improving trucking safety and to support formation of a blue ribbon panel that would study the issues further.

In a perfect transportation world, trains, planes, ships and trucks work flawlessly in concert to move people and freight across the country.

Trucking companies that receive calls to their toll-free numbers from pay phones got a slight reprieve when a surcharge on such services was lowered by more than four cents a call.

Trucking and freight companies of all kinds are confident that the economic environment will remain strong throughout 1999, despite some forecasts of an overdue downturn.