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Electronic Data Interchange will not be replaced by Xtensible Mark-up Language anytime soon, even if the Internet-spawned alternative is cheaper and less complex, according to comments at a meeting of freight transporters.

Online exchanges may have no role in transportation today, but their time will come — and soon — according to remarks at a workshop on electronic commerce.

A July 7 hearing on the economic impact of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s proposed workplace safety rules for railroads, state and local governments and the U.S. Postal Service originally set for Washington, D.C., has been moved to Atlanta on the same date.

Truck drivers who have “uncomplicated” diabetes and who are not taking insulin have a greater risk of being involved in a crash than diabetics who use insulin, according to research done by the University of Montreal in Quebec.

At a time when the industry faces multiple challenges, American Trucking Associations is keeping its promise to provide “best in class” advocacy to its members, the group’s leadership said.

Roadway Express Chairman Michael W. Wickham was elected chairman of the ATA Foundation on June 22 by the group’s board of directors.

The hours-of-service road show came to the Midwest on June 14 and 15 as the Department of Transportation held the fourth of eight public hearings on its proposal to revamp the regulations governing the amount of time truck and bus drivers could spend behind the wheel.

Safety advocates — as well as survivors of truck-related accidents and relatives of victims — urged Congress to reduce the amount of time truck drivers could spend behind the wheel.

In trying to agree on a transportation spending bill for fiscal 2001, selected Senate and House members must also decide whether to put a clamp on the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service rulemaking.

Changes in Canadian environmental clean air policy that would affect the trucking industry have met with cautious support from the Canadian Trucking Alliance.