In The News

• Study group suggests adjusting fuel taxes to inflation

  By David Tanner, Associate Editor - Land Line
  Posted Feb 6th 2013 3:36AM

  An academic study that shows the Highway Trust Fund will fall $365 billion short over the next 23 years is not the firs...

• Leading candidate emerges for DOT secretary spot

  By Overdrive Staff
  Posted Feb 6th 2013 3:29AM

  As reported last week, the departure of Ray LaHood as the Secretary of Transportation in President Barack Obama’...

• Strike Averted at East and Gulf Coast Ports

  By TruckingInfo.com staff
  Posted Feb 4th 2013 8:23AM

  A looming strike at East and Gulf Coast ports has been avoided as the months-long labor negotiations finally reached a ...

• NTSB recommends 10-year employment database for truck drivers

  By David Tanner, Associate Editor - Land Line
  Posted Feb 4th 2013 8:10AM

  A fatal crash involving a truck and an Amtrak train in Nevada in 2011 could significantly affect the employment screeni...

• New jobs up, unemployment rate up slightly, trucking adds 5,000

  By Christopher S. Rugaber - The Associated Press
  Posted Feb 1st 2013 10:23AM

  WASHINGTON  — U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years ...