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In Washington, D.C., the arrival of the Capitol Christmas tree is a traditional reminder that the clock is ticking on holiday shopping.

Television and radio channel surfers in Nebraska last week caught the first wave of an advertising campaign created by the Nebraska Motor Carriers Assn. to improve the industry’s image.

The European Union’s Ministers of Transport Committee, meeting in Brussels Dec. 1, accepted a deal that allows EU-registered trucks transit rights through Switzerland, but at a very high price for road transport.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will ask employers to institute a program to prevent workplace hazards.

The Illinois State Police and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute are using a federal grant to study the uniformity of roadside truck safety inspections.

The debate over trucking’s safety record ratcheted up another notch Friday as Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways released the group’s annual rankings of the worst states for big truck fatalities.

After months of negotiations, the Postal Service and two of its large unions reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a new contract.

The National Transportation Exchange completed its transition into cyberspace by cutting 14 staffers who were handling orders manually.

A plan approved by the Maine Turnpike Authority will hike turnpike tolls for truckers by 25%. The toll hike will raise the $11.5 million the state needs to widen parts of the road.

The Department of Defense is replacing its old method of calculating mileage for transporters with a new computerized system that will provide distance information instantly.