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Today's technology headlines: Unions vow to stay in Verizon talks if deal is near; Cannon Express launches new load-sharing site; Southwestern Bell DSL customers sue over bandwidth; and more.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.

California state officials and trucking lobbyists think they have fashioned a compromise over how to reform the state’s truck and trailer registration fee system in time for a Jan. 1 deadline.

Look at and listen to Pennsylvania trucker John A. Perfetti and you can see and hear the past, the present and the future of trucking.

In the news this morning: Crude oil prices rise after OPEC says production won't increase soon; DCH Technology gives presentation on new fuel cell for heavy trucks; New Jersey group wants local cops to enforce truck laws; and more.

Old Dominion Freight Line will add to the list of major carriers increasing rates, the less-than-truckload hauler announced Thursday.

This afternoon's headlines: Bridgestone/Firestone may face congressional hearing over tire recall; TrucktireXchange.com debuts personalized service in 'My TTXchange;' Consolidated Freightways launches new customer website; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Unions threaten to walk out of Verizon talks; supply chain firm Tradiant nets $21 million in funding; and truck equipment makers roll out website to get the industry online.

Orbcomm Global said it has hired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities to help it figure out how to pay off a $170-million loan due in 2004, plus the interest.

The Department of Transportation moved to salvage its much-maligned hours-of-service rules revision by proposing three more hearings on the proposal, but the immediate response from Capitol Hill indicated that the department’s tactic may be for naught.