In The News

• States pursue ‘anti-idling’ rules

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor - Land Line
  Posted May 25th 2010 5:00AM

  Proposed rules to crack down on the unnecessary idling of trucks are getting attention at statehouses around the coun...

• Transportation insurance rates continue to tumble

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted May 24th 2010 5:21AM

  WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — More than 95 percent of respondents reported that the transportation insurance market was f...

• FMCSA grants 45-day extension on Boston’s daytime hazmat ban

  By Land Line
  Posted May 24th 2010 5:19AM

  Boston’s ban on daytime hazmat shipments within the city limits was supposed to be lifted this past Monday, Ma...

• Michigan lawmakers want to rein in speed traps

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor - Land Line
  Posted May 24th 2010 5:17AM

  A bipartisan plan to end speed traps in Michigan is getting attention at the statehouse. Two bills that have been o...

• Obama orders heavy-truck fuel standards

  By Avery Vise - eTrucker.com
  Posted May 24th 2010 5:14AM

  Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency t...