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Clyde J. Hart Jr. said he would consider joining the Bush administration as the permanent head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration if asked.

New statistics from Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a Toronto researcher, reveal that the life expectancy for male truck drivers is 15 years less than for the rest of the male population of the United States.

American Trucking Associations intends to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking that trucking be exempted from the government’s new workplace safety rules.

Less than 24 hours into his 15th term in the House of Representatives, Bud Shuster shocked his colleagues, constituents and the transportation world by resigning from the body that had been his professional home for 28 years.

Several top trucking officials have been appointed to President-elect Bush’s transportation transition team and will help establish the direction the Department of Transportation takes under the new administration.

A little-known office in the Department of Transportation, hoping to reduce inefficiency in the freight network, plans to take a higher profile as problems with highway congestion and traffic jams at ports have become more prevalent.

The price of diesel fuel rose seven-tenths of a cent last week, following an upward trend in the price of crude oil and reversing four straight weeks of decline.

Gail E. Toth, an expert on cargo security issues and head of an American Trucking Associations council for five years, has returned to New Jersey to lead her home state’s association.

United Parcel Service cannot maintain a companywide policy against hiring truckers with monocular vision to drive trucks under 10,000 pounds, according to a Dec. 12 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The Federal Reserve’s surprise cut in short-term U.S. interest rates — with likely cuts to follow — should prove to be a major boost to a trucking industry that has been reeling from weak freight shipments. But since many manufacturers and retailers are still cutting back, it could be months before truckers see a significant upturn.