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The Colombia Bridge over the Rio Grande outside Laredo, Texas, will get a high-capacity truck connector to Interstate 35 on Oct. 18 with the opening of Camino Colombia, a new toll road.

The streets of Laredo, Texas, are being ruined by the North American Free Trade Agreement trade, local officials say, and they contend the city cannot fix the problem because it is not getting its fair share of infrastructure funds from the Texas Department of Transportation.

Susan Hawk may have had her 15 minutes of fame, but she was not lured by the bright lights.

American Trucking Associations is asking fleet executives to participate in a first-ever survey designed to shed light on motor carrier spending on new technology for both the truck cab and the office.

An economic slowdown will hurt trucking this year, but growth will make truck traffic rise at an annual rate of 3% to 3.5% a year between 2002 and 2005, according to one of the industry’s leading economic analysts.

Landstar System drivers will have access to the company’s Web site on cellular telephones.

A drop of more than 10% in van trailer shipments was the main factor in a 5.3% drop in overall trailer shipments during the first seven months of the year.

Motient Corp. has sold the transportation arm of its satellite-based vehicle-tracking and communications business to Aether Systems for $45 million plus incentives.

Carriers shipping goods into Puerto Rico must start filing Shippers Export Declarations on Oct. 10 or face enforcement action by the Customs Service.

United Parcel Service’s Web-based automated return system now lets shippers offer consumers who buy products online a way to more easily send goods back to retailers.