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President Clinton announced he was nominating former California Rep. Norman Mineta to become commerce secretary, to fill the vacancy being left by William Daley.

This afternoon's headlines: Bush, Gore duke it out over fuel; elections in Mexico, U.S. leave the future of Nafta's Transportation Chapter uncertain; lane closures planned for D.C.-area’s I-95 Wilson Bridge; and more.

Efforts to create a “best practices” guide for shippers and motor carriers are stalled, according to the two groups involved in the project.

Revisions in the hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers are unlikely to be finalized by year-end, a congressional panel was told last week.

Leaders of American Trucking Associations rejected a proposal to allow the Truckload Carriers Association to pay a monthly affiliation fee rather than require its members to join the federation.

Retail gasoline prices surged above $2 a gallon in the Midwest last week and sparked a Federal Trade Commission investigation into possible price gouging. he record-breaking prices led at least one state to temporarily suspend its fuel tax.

Would a federal requirement for “black boxes” — in-truck computers that function as electronic logbooks — sound the death knell for small trucking operations? Some think so.

Safety officials in the United States and Canada placed 26% of the 42,826 trucks and drivers they inspected out of service as part of International Road Check 2000.

Trucking companies that provide owner-operators with health insurance through plans for employees will be placing their businesses and employees in financial danger, according to an industry attorney.

A bus company’s legal argument has forced the Oregon Department of Transportation to stop shutting down truckers who fail to pay the state’s weight-distance tax.