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Diesel’s role in polluting the air will be part of a multiyear study on the origins and quantities of fine particulate matter, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Intrenet Inc. installed a new management team at Eck Miller Transportation last week after the sudden defection to a competitor of the carrier’s three top executives.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to block any openings in truck size and weight laws that long rigs could roll through by calling for an extension of a federal law limiting longer combination vehicles.

In the news this morning: Analyst finds carriers concerned about sharing data; Seven regional fleets merge with Roadlink USA; and Canadian Pacific chairman says railroad willing to merge with a U.S. rail line.

Thirty-four truck drivers will receive waivers from vision requirements from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which also proposes to exempt 62 more.

This afternoon's headlines: UPS subsidiary sues Canada for $156 million, claiming unfair competition by post office; and North Carolina business leaders ponder Triad area's future as a transportation hub.

In the midst of a tense Teamsters strike, Overnite Transportation Co. reported that revenue increased by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2000, and earnings have recovered from a $13.7 million operating loss in the final quarter of 1999.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has finalized the legislative eradication of Idaho’s 49-year-old weight-distance tax, signing a bill that would replace the levy with higher truck registration fees.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is holding its spring workshop this week, and members will spend two days of this year's spring workshop on issues ranging from uniform weighing procedures to electronic logbooks.

United Parcel Service was singled out by assistant Labor Secretary Charles Jeffress, who oversees the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for not testifying at the controversial ergonomics hearings.