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While many of his colleagues were enjoying more relaxing vacations during the congressional recess, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell spent a week in the cab of a big rig, working on docking, backing and parking.

The Department of Transportation said it will not fully open this country’s southern border to commercial truck traffic from Mexico with the arrival of the new year.

A legislative panel approved a plan that would expand the roads 53-foot trailers can travel in Vermont.

The rail industry’s safety record for 1999 is on track to improve from 1998, despite safety concerns raised by rail mergers, according to the Federal Railroad Administration’s top executive.

The chairman of Gainey Transportation Services said it is time for truckload carriers to “stop talking cents, and start talking percent,” as he announced a 5% across-the-board rate hike.

Regulators are working to breathe life into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as 1999 comes to a close.

The owner of Charger Inc. is calling it quits two years after buying the former J.B. Hunt Transport flatbed division for $40 million.

This afternoon's headlines: Ariz. lawmaker proposes law mandating cleaner diesel; Hub Group launches Web-Based system for drayage; and Michigan gets up to speed with traffic website.

More trucking fleets are targeting women in their search for drivers. Much of the industry realizes that women are part of a great, underused labor pool.

In the news this morning: U.S. Customs ready to lend a hand with new Automated Export System; C.R. England offers new lease program; and Some carriers turn to short-haul scheduling to keep drivers.