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Over the years, New York state has developed a well-deserved reputation as an unfriendly place to do business. For nearly two years, the New York State Motor Truck Association has been trying to change that image and bring sense and rationality to the way trucks are taxed.

Staying on the straight — and curved — narrow has long been the truck driver’s most important job, but lane-tracking technology is ready to lend a helping hand.

Dennis Webb was named general manager of Navistar International’s Heavy Vehicle Center, the company announced July 26. Webb, 52, succeeds Steve Keate, who became president of Navistar’s Truck Group on June 18.

The Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety started its latest round of driver fatigue training July 29 in Portland, Ore., with a seminar for safety and risk managers, truck driving school instructors and trucking company driver trainers.

Going once, going twice, sold. Freight contracts are being awarded by an increasing number of companies using an electronic auction process.

The Illinois secretary of state's office has reinstated the commercial driver's license of the trucker involved in the Amtrak crash that killed 11 people in Bourbonnais earlier this year.

A pair of influential congressmen are pushing creation of a federal version of a ton-mile levy that they say would result in many truck owners paying less to Uncle Sam.

A budding express freight delivery service that competes with truckload carriers holds promise of becoming a profit center for Amtrak, according to a federal report.

The leaders of state trucking associations are meeting this week to discuss several industry-related topics, including the restructuring of American Trucking Associations.

In the news this morning: Funding flap affects electronic pre-clearance for trucks; Highway safety plan urged; and Virginia GOP touts painless roads program.