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Don’t expect Congress to reauthorize either the Federal Railroad Administration or the Surface Transportation Board any time soon. That’s the word from a key congressional aide.

Motor carriers now have a green light to experiment in two important areas of federal regulation: highway safety and joint ventures.

Over the years, New York state has developed a well-deserved reputation as an unfriendly place to do business. For nearly two years, the New York State Motor Truck Association has been trying to change that image and bring sense and rationality to the way trucks are taxed.

Staying on the straight — and curved — narrow has long been the truck driver’s most important job, but lane-tracking technology is ready to lend a helping hand.

Dennis Webb was named general manager of Navistar International’s Heavy Vehicle Center, the company announced July 26. Webb, 52, succeeds Steve Keate, who became president of Navistar’s Truck Group on June 18.

The Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety started its latest round of driver fatigue training July 29 in Portland, Ore., with a seminar for safety and risk managers, truck driving school instructors and trucking company driver trainers.

Going once, going twice, sold. Freight contracts are being awarded by an increasing number of companies using an electronic auction process.

The decision by United Parcel Service to sell 10% of its shares to the public — in what analysts said could be the largest initial public stock offering in history — is likely to have a major impact on the global transportation industry.

Some truckload carriers joined their counterparts in the less-than-truckload sector in imposing rate surcharges after the average cost of diesel took another jump.