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Deteriorating rest areas and a string of highway crimes compelled South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon to take a hard look at the safety of the state’s rest stops on the Interstate highway system.

A single twig can easily be broken, a bundle of twigs cannot. Strength of unity is the basis of associations and the survival of an industry. American Trucking Associations’ Wren Committee understood this concept.

David Barnes, formerly senior correspondent for Transport Topics, has put aside his reporter’s notebook and joined the ranks of the inspector general’s office at the Department of Transportation.

The University of Alabama has been added to a list of schools across the nation that are assisting the federal government to conduct research into what makes transportation tick and how to make its various components work better.

Airborne Express is seeking new contract terms for its Teamsters-represented pick-up and delivery drivers to pave the way for an expansion of ground-based package delivery services.

Officials with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet next week to discuss progress made in developing cleaner-burning diesel engines by an Oct. 1, 2002, deadline.

Fatigue management is one of the most important human factors facing transportation workers today, but industry representatives at a DOT fatigue conference said government regulations may not offer a complete solution.

The New York State Motor Truck Association is considering taking legal action to stop enforcement of a new state law that would require carriers to make sure receivers of cigarettes are properly licensed.

In the news this morning: Diesel price averages set new records; Volvo talks with Mitsubishi over its stake in company; French trucker protest continues to squeeze fuel supply; and more.