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ITS America Conference Under Way

Transportation professionals are in Washington, D.C., for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s annual meeting.

April 20, 1999

Success of Intermodal Could Depend on Attracting Truckers

Will the truckload segment be a major source of new intermodal traffic for railroads? Don’t bet on it.

April 20, 1999

Conrail Needs Intermodal Traffic

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern and CSX.

April 20, 1999

FHWA Warns Trucking: More Enforcement, Less Cooperation

TT PhotoThe days of the industry’s hand-in-hand relationship with the federal government are over, soon to be replaced by stronger safety enforcement, according to the FHWA's top trucking regulator, Julie Cirillo (pictured).

April 19, 1999

Court Weighs Owner-Operator Status

The Penn. Supreme Court has agreed to step into the murky area of whether owner-operators are employees or independent contractors.

April 19, 1999

Benefits Package Off the Table

Overnite last week rejected attempts by the Teamsters union to reopen negotiations on a benefits package both sides accepted in 1998.

April 19, 1999

Agency: Raise High Trailer Lights

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration no longer will leave it up to trailer manufacturers to determine where to place identification and clearance lamps.

April 19, 1999

CDL Scandal Yields 13th Arrest

A truck driver arrested for buying political fund-raising tickets in exchange for commercial driver licenses is the latest casualty in the Illinois licensing scandal.

April 19, 1999

Movers Do Image Housecleaning

TT File PhotoMembers of the moving industry are cleaning up their act to ward off more heavy-handed scrubbing from federal regulators and the news media.

April 15, 1999

U.S. Needs Truck Safety Assurance

The Clinton administration is working with Mexico to assure the safety of Mexican trucks operating in the United States, Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater said.

April 15, 1999