California agency releases long-range plan for sustainable transportation system
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — By the year 2050, moving around California will be safer, cleaner and simpler, with more mobility options, according to Caltrans, the...
Love’s Travel Stops opens new location off I-86 in Bath, New York
OKLAHOMA CITY — Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Bath, New York, thanks to a truck stop that opened Thursday, March 4....
Trucking groups ask CDC to designate truck stops as COVID-19 vaccine sites
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A group of organizations representing the trucking industry have asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use truck...
SUV came through hole in border fence before crash with semi, 13 dead
HOLTVILLE, Calif. — The 13 people killed in one of the deadliest highway crashes involving migrants sneaking into the U.S. had entered California through...
USDOT’s inspector general faults former Secretary Elaine Chao over ethics concerns
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s watchdog asked the Justice Department to criminally investigate Elaine Chao late last year over concerns that she...
Charges pending against driver, passenger who crashed into semi during police chase
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — The driver and passenger of a passenger vehicle that crashed into a tractor-trailer while attempting to flee Indiana State Police...
US infrastructure gets C- from engineers as roads stagnate
AUSTIN, Texas — America's infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction...
Senators reintroduce bill to promote women in trucking
WASHINGTON — The Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act was reintroduced in Congress in late February by members of the Senate Committee on Commerce,...
Truckers oppose PennDOT’s bridge tolling plan
The state with the highest fuel taxes in the nation needs more money — a LOT more money — to fix crumbling bridges and...
Love’s to limit trucker services at Ormond Beach, Florida, location during Bike Week
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — In expectation of unusually heavy traffic as motorcyclists converge on the Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach area during Florida’s Bike Week, the...
Biden team readies infrastructure package after virus relief
WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority...
Owners of Massachusetts trucking company involved in crash that killed 7 charged
BOSTON — The owners of the truck involved in a crash in New Hampshire in June 2019 that killed seven motorcyclists are facing charges...
‘Some sort of road usage levy necessary,’ says USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg
WASHINGTON — Restoring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) must occur in a way that is “sustainable, predictable, defensible, and affordable” with...
Judge dismisses suit over trucker’s 2017 death on Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
EASTVILLE, Va. — A Virginia judge has dismissed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by the widow of a trucker whose tractor-trailer plunged over the Chesapeake...
Missouri Senate passes bill against road-blocking protesters
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri protesters who repeatedly block traffic without permission could face felony charges under a bill passed Thursday, Feb. 25, by...
Biden calls for comprehensive review of nation’s supply chains
WASHINGTON — In an effort to ensure “more resilient and secure” transport of critical supplies and essential goods, President Joe Biden on Wednesday, Feb....
Border Patrol discovers marijuana worth $27 million hidden in papaya shipment
OTAY MESA, Calif. — Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 23 found more than just produce in a commercial shipment...
Mississippi House kills proposal for gas tax election
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House is backing away from a proposal for a statewide election on increasing gasoline and diesel fuel taxes to pay...
New Jersey intersection tops ATRI’s list of top truck bottlenecks for third year in...
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released its annual list highlighting the Top 100 most congested bottlenecks for trucks in...
Pennsylvania lawmakers unhappy about bridge tolls reminded of law they passed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania state lawmakers who are unhappy Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is considering tolling nine major bridges were warned about that prospect...
