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Rolling into the year’s final month, we are pleased to observe that Congress appears to be actually making progress on a multiyear surface transportation plan.

Houston, we have a problem. Actually, looking at the American Transportation Research Institute’s report on freight congestion locations, the problems are far wider than just Houston.

Watch TV for just a few minutes and you come across a commercial from an insurance company proclaiming why it is right for you.

After so much talk — and even more short-term extensions — Congress appears finally ready to approve a long-term highway bill.

Suddenly it’s cold and unpleasant and, no, it’s not really the weather. It’s the business climate.

Many of the transportation industry’s most influential people came together last week at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Another high-ranking congressman says a multiyear surface transportation plan is very much on the minds of legislators.

Having produced 5,000 pages of regulatory proposal and analysis on greenhouse gases from trucks, two federal agencies must now wade through more than 140,000 comments on the Phase 2 plan.

In the movie “Bull Durham,” veteran minor league catcher Crash Davis offers a valuable lesson on the importance of attention to detail over time.

For the millions of people working in trucking, it is well known there is a shortage not only of drivers but also technicians. The issues are covered so frequently in Transport Topics that a panel discussion on the subject can almost feel not newsworthy.