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Three organizations provide electronic systems that enable trucks equipped with transponders to zip past ports of entry and weigh stations in 30 states without stopping, yet the service has been embraced by only a small portion of the nation’s interstate truckers.

Oregon Task Forces Says Bridges Need Immediate Work • Bush Signs Farm Bill • Oil Demand Will Pick Up, IEA Says • DaimlerChrysler Considering Purchase of Mitsubishi Truck Unit • And more...

Federal and state officials are not doing enough "to defend against the alarming threat posed by individuals who seek to fraudulently obtain" commercial driver licenses, said a new report by the Department of Transportation's inspector general.

The Labor Department's index of prices paid to U.S. producers slipped 0.2% in April, after a 1% increase in March, suggesting that inflation continues to pose no threat to the economy.

The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy and air quality began work last week on a bill to reauthorize the Clean Air Act of 1990, which regulates emissions from heavy-duty trucks, cars and other sources.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Paul Dempsey stated that the primary reason the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act failed was “local politics..

Accuride Sales Fall Off 14.4% • Artist "Signs" Freeway Work • GM to Rehire 1,000 at Truck Plant • Hino Posts First Yearly Profit in Four Years • And more...

RSPA Wants New Hazmat Security Rules • House OKs Nuclear Storage Plan • Youth Confesses to Planting Bombs • U.S., Canada Expected to Approve Border Plan • And more...

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is asking the government to establish a new federal Transportation Finance Corporation, similar to the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae.

The number of persons out of work and claiming unemployment compensation last week reached a 19-year high, despite a slight drop in new state unemployment claims, the Labor Department reported Thursday.