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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration decided not to fight for its "voluntary" compliance program that was struck down by a federal court.

Kentucky is the first of four states that will test a new infrared imaging system that the Federal Highway Administration says could save truckers valuable time on the road.

Kentucky is the first of four states that will test a new infrared imaging system that the Federal Highway Administration says could save truckers valuable time on the road.

Leave the motor carrier safety office where it is and make it stronger, suggested the leader of a blue ribbon panel that reviewed federal truck and bus safety.

The head of Ryder System's logistics unit said the company is managing more than $1.5 billion in freight shipments annually for supply chain management clients.

Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater Tuesday promised a 50% reduction in truck-related fatalities over the next decade. That would amount to cutting the number of deaths from about 5,000 to about 2,500 each year.

The ranks of the industry associations representing "motor carriers" have taken another hit with the Arkansas Motor Carriers Association changing its name to the Arkansas Trucking Association.

The May 14 court ruling that placed federal air quality standards in limbo is unlikely to have any short-term consequences for trucking, according to industry analysts.

Teamsters union negotiators threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle-transport companies doesn’t produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

American Trucking Associations has a Y2K problem that has nothing to do with configuring its computers to deal with the new millennium. The bug facing the organization is persuading its 14 conferences and national affiliates to develop closer ties with their bigger cousin by Dec. 31, 2000.