Georgia trucking association activates Convoy of Care to help victims of Metro Atlanta tornado
ATLANTA — In response to severe weather and tornadoes that ravaged Coweta and Polk counties in Georgia’s Metro Atlanta area March 25-26, The Georgia...
Trucking groups applaud reintroduction of Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan legislation aimed at creating safe, secure parking sites for commercial truckers was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives March 29....
Transportation agencies to use cameras, sensors to monitor traffic on I-95 river bridge between...
KITTERY, Maine — Maine and New Hampshire transportation departments are preparing to roll out the tech to keep travel moving during peak travel periods...
Women In Trucking releases 2021 list of Top Women to Watch in Transportation
PLOVER Wis. — The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced its fourth annual list of Top Women to Watch in Transportation March 22. The...
Love’s Travel Stops opens new location in Hillsboro, Tennessee
OKLAHOMA CITY — Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Hillsboro, Tennessee, with a truck stop that opened March 25. The Hillsboro store, located off...
Louisiana state lawmaker scraps gas tax hike in anticipation of federal aid
BATON ROUGE, La. — The latest bid to boost Louisiana's gasoline tax has ended without a legislative vote.Rep. Jack McFarland said Thursday, March 25,...
ATA advisory board to help strengthen relationships between trucking industry, law enforcement
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) on March 24 announced the formation of the Law Enforcement Advisory Board (LEAB), a new panel that...
Buttigieg pitches infrastructure needs to divided Congress
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country’s infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling...
Bestpass acquires Maryland Motor Truck Association tolling program
ALBANY, N.Y. – Bestpass recently acquired the Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA) toll management program, adding more than 400 commercial fleets to its customer...
Highway construction firms oppose PennDOT’s bridge toll plan
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A prominent highway construction trade association on Wednesday, March 24, came out against a state plan to toll up to nine...
Border patrol discovers over $1.3 million in narcotics hidden in truckload of spinach
OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility on March 10 discovered more than $1.3 million...
Idaho transportation agency’s expansion of US-95 one step closer to kickoff
MOSCOW, Idaho — Plans to expand U.S. 95 south of Moscow, Idaho, are one step closer to construction, according to the Idaho Transportation Department...
1 killed in fiery tractor-trailer crash on I-65 in Indiana
WHITE COUNTY, Ind. — A truck driver is dead following a March 23 crash on Interstate 65 that involved two tractor-trailers and a passenger...
Caltrans receives $2.15 million grant for research on road user charge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caltrans in mid-March announced it has received a $2.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to study impacts...
Indiana bill would level playing field for overweight loads
INDIANPOLIS — A bill making its way through the two-house Indiana legislature would level the playing field for logistics companies wishing to ship overweight...
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, motor carriers backlogged and businesses stymied
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast...
ATRI report calls possible VMT tax ‘costly’ and ‘complicated’; trucking associations weigh in
ARLINGTON, Va. —The vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax has surfaced as a possible funding mechanism to prop up the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and...
Buttigieg tours Maryland UPS facility, visits with vaccine delivery drivers
LANDOVER, Md. — On Monday, March 15, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted the American Rescue Plan as he toured a UPS facility in...
Georgia Senate bill could make blocking roads during protests a felony offense
ATLANTA — A Georgia state Senate committee is reviving a proposal to require a permit for any protest statewide, and classify it as an...
Not-so-happy hour: Big rig hauling wine overturns after sideswiping truck on Maine Turnpike
LITCHFIELD, Maine — A tractor-trailer hauling bottles of wine along the Maine Turnpike Thursday, March 18, overturned after sideswiping a parked turnpike truck.According to...
