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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold public hearings Sept. 13 to 15 in Chicago to analyze the March crash involving an Amtrak passenger train and a steel-laden tractor-trailer that occurred in Bourbonnais, Ill.

Reckless truckers who tempt fate at railroad crossings by trying to beat oncoming trains stand to lose their commercial driver licenses, and their employers could lose thousands of dollars, under new regulations.

Every decision a trucking executive makes — from who is sitting behind the wheel of a rig to the kind of equipment purchased — can have an impact on safety.

Freight movements slowly returned to normal after the conclusion of a weeklong strike by owner-operators at two port terminals in Baltimore.

With a few strokes of a pen, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber last week wiped out the oldest and most costly weight-distance tax in the nation. But the tax's backers are still fighting.

Sen. Max Baucus took Labor Day literally. Instead of spending the start of the holiday weekend chomping hot dogs at a political barbecue, the Democrat from Montana jumped behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer and pulled freight down Interstate 90.

Three years ago, truck driver Art Strauss invented a mirror that eliminates a blind spot on the right front of truck cabs. He’s having trouble getting fleets to buy the device because he says insurance companies offer no incentives for using technologies with safety advantages.

In the wake of J.B. Hunt’s massive switch from to conventional trucks, Freightliner is insisting that reports of the death of the cabover truck have been greatly exaggerated.

The families of two Montana women killed in an accident after a cement truck blew out a wheel are suing the trucking company and its tire provider in a lawsuit that claims retread tires are to blame.