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President Obama on March 18 signed into law an extension of the highway bill through the end of the year as part of a $17.6 billion package of tax incentives and bonding proposals aimed at spurring job creation.

Electronic onboard recorders should be mandatory for all truckers operating in North America, the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance said.

A Michigan appeals court has refused to hear a plea from the owner of the Ambassador Bridge on a lower court ruling that he illegally built toll booths and other facilities on public land on the Detroit side of the span that carriers traffic to Windsor, Ontario.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has scrapped that country’s plans for a tax on carbon emissions, three days after his ruling party was defeated in local elections, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Existing home sales fell for a third straight month in February, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

TMW Systems and McLeod Software each said they signed fewer new customers in 2009 than the prior year, but overall sales remained strong as carriers sought to improve their operations and prep for an economic rebound.

If your fleet has been operating without a well-organized, carefully documented preventive maintenance program, you’ll need one soon: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Comprehensive Safety Analysis initiative — CSA 2010 — will see to it.

YRC Worldwide said its freight demand is improving this month following two months of severe winter storms lowered volumes, the Associated Press reported.