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It has been called a leap of faith, a huge financial gamble, but most European Union nations have made the transition to a new currency, the euro (pictured).

A dispute between two transponder services has prevented some truckers traveling through Oregon from using the devices that help ease their trip.

The National Transportation Safety Board is planning to survey the performance of intrastate motor carriers and the impact they have on transportation safety.

The chairman of the Oregon Trucking Associations was among four people killed Jan. 6 when the small plane they were flying in crashed and burned about 30 miles southwest of Portland, Ore.

The Corporation for Clean Air renewed its fight to get warning labels about diesel emissions on trucks by appealing the dismissals of its lawsuits against California truck manufacturers and motor carriers.

The Department of Transportation’s new truck size and weight study is winning praise from the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks.

In a Christmas Eve notice, FHWA quietly unveiled the criteria for participating in a federal pilot program that will permit up to three states to charge tolls on interstate highways.

In hopes of improving its truck safety record, Quebec is creating a safety database and requiring all motor carriers that want to get into the province to complete a registration form by April 1.

So far, only three companies are taking advantage of a law passed last year allowing heavier trucks on selected Idaho roads.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has installed 43 gates on Interstates to keep motorists off the road when winter weather gets too rough.