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TT File PhotoVolvo is extending service to drivers on the road by purchasing a stake in a major owner of truck stops — much as one of its biggest competitors, Freightliner Corp., is doing.

Thirteen people are helping former U.S. Rep. Norm Mineta develop a plan to improve truck safety.

Truck sales are booming and backlogs are rising. But, according to a survey of truck manufacturers and dealers by Schroder & Co., there is little cause for worry about a severe downturn.

Vermont legislators, attempting to open more of the state’s roads to longer trucks, are stirring up debate over the issue but not making headway.

State officials are contemplating raising tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike by 17 to 20% in the next three years to pay for road improvements.

Freightliner purchased Freightliner Mid-Ontario, the largest Freightliner dealer in Canada, with three locations in the Toronto metropolitan area.

Buying a tractor-trailer in Mississippi this summer will be bit less expensive thanks to a new law that reduces the tax on trucks bought for cross-country travel.

Almost half of truckload carrier executives surveyed by Transport Topics during the TCA's annual meeting in Las Vegas think federal and state truck safety laws need significant improvement.

TT File PhotoWhen the Industrial Truck Association meets this week in Washington, D.C., its members will be basking in a victory. The trade group, which represents makers of lift trucks and components, spent the last 10 years trying to get more stringent training standards for forklift operators.