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Responding to protests from commuters and legislators, the Maine Turnpike Authority met today to reconsider part of a toll increase scheduled to take effect Feb. 1.

A Teamsters union leader accused of violating campaign-finance laws during the 1995 governor's campaign has retired.

A 25% tax cut in California’s vehicle license fee was supposed to take effect this year, but most truckers won’t be seeing any savings anytime soon.

The anti-sprawl campaign unveiled by Vice President Al Gore Jan. 11 includes increased funding for congestion mitigation, transportation planning and mass transit programs, the Department of Transportation says.

Trucking this week launched a multi-faceted advertising campaign in an effort to build public opposition to a proposal by the Arkansas Highway Commission to toll three interstate highways.

Any effort to increase highway taxes must be tied to a crackdown on the overweight vehicles that are tearing up those roads, South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow said Monday.

An Iowa truck driver helped capture a suspected thief who led state police on a high speed chase on Interstate-80 in Pennsylvania.

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics are still three years away, but trucking is already working on preparations.

American Freightways Corporation announced Monday that it will expand its direct coverage to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The Environmental Protection Agency is under investigation by the House Commerce Committee over its handling of claims that diesel engine manufacturers cheated on federal emissions tests. A settlement of the dispute led to the largest environmental penalty ever imposed in U.S. history.