Diesel鈥檚 national average price fell 3.7 cents to $2.833 a gallon, the biggest single-week decline since July, the Department of Energy said Monday.
January 26, 2010GovernmentBusiness
Consumer Confidence Hits 15-Month High
Consumer confidence rose this month to its highest level since September 2008, the New York-based Conference Board reported.
January 26, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafety
Fleet Execs, Drivers Urge More Flexibility in HOS Rules
DALLAS 鈥 Trucking industry officials said that while they needed more flexibility to take rest breaks, the current hours-of-service rules were working.
January 26, 2010GovernmentBusiness
Virginia Gov. Backs Expanding 70-Mph Speed-Limit Zones
Virginia鈥檚 newly-elected governor, Bob McDonnell (R), is calling for expanding the 70-mph top speed limit for both cars and trucks on stretches of several interstate highways in rural regions.
January 26, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
CARB May Delay Some Diesel-Emissions Regs
California environmental regulators are considering several options to delay some requirements of the state鈥檚 diesel emissions regulation to provide 鈥渟hort-term relief鈥 for truckers feeling the effects of the recession.
January 26, 2010BusinessSafetyGovernment
More States Targeting Distracted Driving
States are continuing to crack down on texting and driving, with 23 debating legislation to ban the practice that 19 states already prohibit, USA Today reported Monday.
January 25, 2010GovernmentBusinessFuelSafety
Heavy Truck Fuel Consumption Can Be Reduced 30%, DOE Says
Aggressive fuel economy research and development funded by the federal government will reduce fuel consumption of long-haul trucks by 30%, Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a Senate committee Thursday.
January 25, 2010GovernmentBusiness
Heavier Trucks Running on Vermont Interstates
Trucks as heavy as 100,000 pounds are now traveling on all interstate highways in Vermont, thanks to action last month by state legislators and Gov. Jim Douglas (R).
January 25, 2010FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment
Gas Price Slips 1.4垄 to $2.72 a Gallon
Gasoline鈥檚 national average price fell 1.4 cents over the past two weeks to an average $2.72 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
January 25, 2010Letters to the EditorBusinessSafetyGovernment
Letters: Older Workers, EOBRs, Hours of Service
The Jan. 4 Opinion piece, 鈥淲orkers鈥 Comp and Our Aging Workforce,鈥 has to be the most biased article I have ever read.
January 25, 2010