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The state House has sent highway legislation back to the Senate in preparation of a compromise amendment that would phase in a 4-cent diesel tax increase over a couple of years.

Federal legislation requiring the Surface Transportation Board to increase its emphasis on ensuring competition between rail carriers was introduced last week by four senators.

Two state senators, reacting to last week's fatal train-truck accident, say they plan to introduce legislation that could free at least $50 million to improve safety at railroad crossings around Illinois.

Larry M. Sur has decided to step down from his full time duties as president of Schneider Logistics to spend more time with his family.

Federal investigators are looking into another train derailment just miles from the site of last week's deadly Amtrak collision.

A number of companies that provide electronic dispatching and trailer-tracking services have adopted a single communication standard that they said combines both systems into a single interface.

The next time you see a Farm Fresh dairy semi-tractor tooling down the highway, notice how clean and shiny it looks.

The price of diesel rose sharply this week in the wholesale and retail markets, and analysts expect them to continue rising from some of the lowest levels since 1994.

The Truckload Carriers Association last week unanimously approved a strategic plan that refocuses the 61-year-old association on education and training.

The accident at Bourbonnais, Ill., that killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others last week has refocused the attention of both the trucking and railroad industries on one of their most difficult common safety problems: grade crossings.