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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, noting “growing interest” in alternative-fuel conversion systems, recently proposed to streamline certification of aftermarket conversions that turn Class 8 diesel engines into engines that can burn diesel and natural gas.

What does every intermodal shipment need that no one wants to really talk about? The answer — and the elephant in the room — is an intermodal chassis.

Officials with the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach said shipping terminals were open and operating this week during negotiations between terminal operators and a striking shipping clerks union.

The California Air Resources Board has awarded $200 million in Proposition 1B funds to help cut emissions from heavy-duty trucks and other sources in the state’s four busiest trade corridors.

The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded in June but its expansion rate fell to a four-month low, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.

Massachusetts and Iowa enacted laws to combat distracted driving late last week, with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed legislation Friday outlawing texting while driving, making his the 29th state to outlaw the practice.

Safety advocate groups once again are pursuing their never-ending effort to reduce the driving time allowed commercial motor vehicle operators.

The proposal for revamping the federal government’s hours-of-service rule for truck drivers that a coalition of interest groups released recently illustrates just how little these political theorists understand about highway safety and the business of moving America’s freight.

The U.S. Department of Transportation in June awarded grants totaling $6.25 million to five states to “ease truck parking shortages on U.S. interstates.”