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Two and a half years ago, the board of directors of American Trucking Associations approved a plan to remake the 67-year-old federation with the goal of becoming “best-in-class” at the business of advocacy.

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States fell for the first time in nine weeks, as the nation’s crude oil inventory rose and the government prepared to release oil from its strategic reserve.

A creaky third quarter for trucking could be followed by a rocky year’s end if recent warnings of falling profit margins from the industry’s major companies are an accurate indicator.

The top three fleets that won this year’s American Trucking Associations President’s Trophies showed that by paying meticulous attention to safety details — not only to the mechanical aspects, but also to the human factors — they have developed championship environments.

American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council officially came into existence last week as the lobbying group continued its reorganization during the Safety Management Council meeting that was held Oct. 1-4 in St. Louis.

More than new equipment, more than electronic commerce, more than the continued growth of the medium-duty market in the United States, the story in trucks now, for 2001 and probably for the next decade is the changing world truck order.

The Federal Highway Administration wants to know if states should do more to enforce size and weight limits as part of the annual certification process to receive highway funds.

The California Air Resources Board gave approval to a plan that would require 1.25 million diesel engine owners to retrofit their engines with soot traps.

Republicans in Congress are threatening the future of an Environmental Protection Agency rule that would require trucks to use low-sulfur diesel fuel.

Attendees of the first-ever Connecticut transportation summit toiled to come up with solutions to the state’s crumbling infrastructure woes.