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Like any truck driver on top of his game, there are countless reasons why Daniel Norgaard, an independent owner-operator, looks forward to competing in the National Truck Driving Championships.

Atlanta-area voters rejected a proposed 1% sales tax increase last week that supporters said would have paid for $6.14 billion in transportation infrastructure projects over 10 years, a bipartisan proposal that had the backing of business groups, Georgia’s governor and Atlanta’s mayor.

New trailer orders edged up 1.3% to 13,615 in June from a year ago, ACT Research said, with most manufacturers continuing to report healthy backlogs.

Proposed changes intended to strengthen federal enforcement of fleets that haul hazardous materials would have the unintended effect of damaging the safety ratings of some of the industry’s safest operators.

Oil jumped by more than $4 Friday, the biggest gain in a month, following a report that more U.S. jobs were created in July than economists had expected, Bloomberg reported.

Factory orders dropped 0.5% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

An Arkansas district court judge has dismissed, for the second time, a suit filed by Arkansas Best Corp. against fellow less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters union.

Old Dominion Freight Line said Thursday its second-quarter net income rose to $47.8 million, or 83 cents per share, from $39.4 million, or 69 cents, a year ago.

Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said its second-quarter net income rose to $935,000, or 11 cents per share, from $693,000 or 8 cents, a year ago.