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Trailer Orders Rise 16.7% to Highest in 11 Months

November trailer orders climbed 16.7% from a year earlier to 25,670 as the U.S. economy continued to improve, yielding the strongest monthly total in nearly a year, ACT Research reported.

January 6, 2014

Bendix Gets 2-Year Regulatory Renewal for LDW System

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has received renewal of a two-year regulatory exemption for its lane-departure warning system from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

December 20, 2013

Year in Review: Regulatory Successes, Growth of Budget Highlight ‘Challenging Year,’ Graves Says

It many ways, 2013 was a good year for American Trucking Associations.

December 27, 2013

Year in Review: Senate OKs Foxx as Transportation Secretary

The biggest change in transportation at the federal level this year came when Anthony Foxx took over as secretary of transportation in July.

December 23, 2013

D.C. Council Weighs Ban on New Diesel Vehicles

The District of Columbia City Council is considering legislation to ban the registration of new vehicles that operate “exclusively on the combustion of petroleum diesel fuel.”

December 16, 2013

Trucks Moved 73% of Cargo in 2012, US Survey Shows

Some $13.6 trillion worth of goods were shipped in the United States in 2012 weighing a combined 11.7 billion tons, with trucks once again doing a majority of the work, according to a federal report.

December 16, 2013

Flawed Safety Data Penalizing Many Fleets Under CSA Program, ATA Report States

Flawed data and methodology used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program have created “tens of thousands” of statistical anomalies, according to an American Trucking Associations white paper released last week.

December 16, 2013

Kenworth Makes Bendix Front Air Disc Brakes Standard

Kenworth Truck Co. said it will make Bendix front air disc brakes standard on its Class 8 tractors and trucks.

December 9, 2013

New ϳԹ Sales Rise by Most in 33 Years

New home sales jumped 25.4% in October, the biggest rise in 33 years, the Commerce Department reported Dec. 4.

December 4, 2013

Manufacturing Activity Rises in November

U.S. manufacturing activity’s rate of expansion rose in November, the Institute for Supply Management reported Dec. 2.

December 2, 2013