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This Editorial appears in the March 3 print edition of Transport Topics.

President Obama took some time to talk about trucks and trucking last week, and while standing among some Class 8s, he observed:

“Trucks like these are responsible for about 20% of our on-road fuel consumption, and because they haul about 70% of all domestic freight — 70% of the stuff we use, everything from flat-screen TVs to diapers to produce to you-name-it — every mile that we gain in fuel efficiency is worth thousands of dollars of savings every year.”

This Editorial appears in the Feb. 17 print edition of Transport Topics.

We were disappointed — but not surprised — that Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said he would not support an increase in federal fuel taxes to fund the nation’s aging highway system. Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, made the comments at an infrastructure event in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4.

This Editorial appears in the Feb. 3 print edition of Transport Topics.

This Editorial appears in the Jan. 6 print edition of Transport Topics.

With another year coming to a close, we look back with some relief that freight demand showed steady growth despite endless obstacles coming from Washington, D.C.

This Editorial appears in the Dec. 16 print edition of Transport Topics.

An awful lot has changed over the years in the trucking industry. And, like in so many industries today, the pace of that change seems to be escalating every year.

It looks like the recent run of lower fuel prices is at an end. As we report on p. 1, the average price of a gallon of diesel fuel rose 2.2 cents last week to $3.844 after 11 weeks of declining or steady prices.