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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is selling some trucking equipment as demand for over-the-road shipments remains soft in a down economy, but plans to boost its intermodal and brokerage businesses, the (Northwest Arkansas) Morning News reported.

The California Air Resources Board urged federal regulators to reverse a Bush administration decision that blocks the state’s efforts to set its own limits on greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, the Associated Press reported.

Qualcomm Inc. Sunday unveiled a new mobile computing platform it said will bring more common office tasks into the truck cab.

Striking Teamsters are returning to work at Oak Harbor Freight Lines without obtaining a new labor contract but ending a walkout that lasted more than five months at the regional less-than-truckload carrier.

A new program at the Port of Charleston should mean cleaner air and save trucking companies money on fuel, the Associated Press reported.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved California’s new limits on refrigerated trailers entering and operating inside the “Golden State,” giving truck owners and drivers about five months to prepare before enforcement hits July 17.

What the federal stimulus package does for road transportation and job creation may be more piecemeal than grand, but whether it’s filling potholes or replacing a crumbling bridge, it’s heartening to contemplate the flurry of construction activity that is about to sweep across the land.