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The Senate voted 76-21 late Thursday to approve a six-year, $318 billion surface transportation bill, which is $100 billion larger than the existing highway spending bill.

Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index Tumbles • FedEx Completes Acquisition of Kinko's • Trade Deficit Widens to $42.5 Billion in December • January Import Prices Rise 1.3% • And more...

Trucking interests in Missouri have begun organizing opposition to a pair of bills working their way through the General Assembly that would open the way for tolls on three major truck routes and two planned bridges.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Image issues are not new to trucking. When the Eisenhower administration was building the Interstate Highway System in 1955, the ATA Foundation was formed to promote the industry’s image.

Total retail sales declined 0.3% in January, the first drop since September, but excluding automobile sales, they increased 0.9%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Mack Trucks President Paul Vikner said he expected demand for he company’s freight-hauling heavy-duty vehicles to rebound sharply in 2004, and that Mack would sell 4,000 more trucks this year to highway ustomers. br clear=all>

Companies rebuilding inventories helped truck tonnage surge to a record high in December that could be the start of a trend as the economy continues strengthening, American Truck Associations’ top economist said.

Waste Management's 4Q Profits Fall • Oshkosh Receives $185.9 Million Contract From Marines • Jobless Claims Rise by 6,000 in Latest Week • NTSB Recommends Ways to Make Highway Work Zones Safer • And more...

As the prospects of getting a highway funding bill passed this week dimmed, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 421-0 on Wednesday to extend the existing six-year, $217 billion bill through June, news services reported.

The Transportation Security Administration has asked American Trucking Associations for a new, detailed proposal to expand the organization’s Highway Watch program as part of the national campaign to combat terrorism.