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If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That was the attitude of Glenn F. Brown when he broke the world land speed record for 3-axle heavy-duty trucks at the 1999 World Finals at Utah’s Bonneville salt flats Oct. 21.

Transport Investments Inc., a Pittsburgh-based holding company, agreed to acquire the trucking assets of Aetna Freight Lines of Warren, Ohio.

Federal figures released last week show that during 1998, U.S. truckers had their safest year in history, as their fatal accident rate declined to 2.33 crashes per 100 million miles driven.

I don’t know anyone who got far in life saying, “Let’s go with the status quo.” To grow and to succeed we must embrace change, even if it’s not always easy to live through it.

Although Orlando International Airport exists to serve passengers and cargo that travels through the sky, it relies heavily on the trucks on the ground keep them functioning.

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the 5.9 gigahertz bandwidth for dedicated short-range communications, which involves intelligent transportation systems.

When A. Maurice Myers became chief executive officer of bankrupt America West Airlines in January 1994, he turned to the New York-based Novations Group for help in bringing the airline out of Chapter 11 in just six months.

The 415-5 vote by the House of Representatives earlier this month to create a national motor carrier administration illustrates that American Trucking Associations is achieving its goal of being a major player in legislative advocacy, according to the group’s senior staff and some key members.

One year into American Trucking Associations’ sweeping restructuring, a status check illuminates some of the progress — and difficulty — in redefining the relationship between one national and 50 state organizations in a federated system.

When Bob Rast joined American Trucking Associations as senior vice president of information services in the summer of 1998, it seemed a perfect fit.