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New orders for durable goods dropped by 3.8% in June to $166.6 billion, marking the largest decline in seven months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Traders Think OPEC Will Boost Production • Mullen Posts Lower Quarterly Earnings • Wash. Court Rules Teamsters Must Get Extra Breaks • Bandag Earnings Up; Sees Trucking Activity Improving • And more...

A provision in the pending energy bill requiring production of 5 billion gallons of ethanol in 2012 threatens to drain the Highway Trust Fund, according to highway lobbyists and leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

America's focus on security cannot be limited to just one area, Jeffrey Beatty said during an online chat with TTNews.com users Wednesday.

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has joined those pressing the Bush administration to postpone the Environmental Protection Agency’s Oct. 1 deadline for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet new emission standards, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

House Passes Supplemental Funding Bill • High-Tech Trucks to Detect Dirty Bombs • TSA Funding Cuts Will Cause Delays, Mineta Warns • Postal Service Backs International Mail Search Bill • And more...

As the Texas Department of Transportation begins a series of local hearings on where to locate safety-inspection stations for in-coming Mexican trucks, the mayor of Laredo, Texas, threatened to block plans to place federal and state truck inspection facilities at border-crossing bridges, which she said would worsen traffic backups.

Many of us in the transportation industry have heard customers ask about steps our businesses are taking to ensure safe delivery of their goods. After Sept. 11, people’s minds spring to an image of terrorists hijacking trucks and moving vans.

Congress Reaches Corporate Crime Compromise • White House Says Economy Is Growing Solidly • Despite Slumping Markets, Fed Unlikely to Lower Rates, Bloomberg Says • API Report Spurs Oil Prices Higher • And more...

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said Tuesday that more than half of all fatal crashes involving a car and a heavy-duty truck are caused by driver error, and most of those are by drivers of the cars.