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A federal appeals court has upheld the federal motor carrier safety ratings system, rejecting trucking’s claims that the process is “arbitrary and capricious” and based on unsound methodology.

A new group comprised of municipal officials from across the country has taken aim at railroad safety.

United Road Services, Albany, N.Y., has purchased three auto haulers and a towing company, and agreed to buy two other businesses, adding to its expanding network of towing, recovery and transport companies.

A process that shippers find expensive and burdensome keeps them from seeking federal recourse even when they believe railroads are charging too much, according to congressional auditors.

A company that claimed to be the biggest in Kentucky in the business of removing petroleum underground storage tanks filed for bankruptcy protection Feb. 23.

Support for creation of a federal agency devoted solely to truck safety grew last week during a long-awaited congressional hearing on who in the Department of Transportation should oversee the industry.

Reforming federal hours-of-service regulations tops American Trucking Associations’ safety agenda for 1999, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

Mexican trucks could be allowed limited access to four U.S. border states by year’s end, according to Department of Transportation documents submitted to Congress.

Top North American railroads are determined to break trucking’s stranglehold on Mexico’s international and domestic freight. Rail executives figure the ripest field of opportunity lies in intermodal.

The fuel-use taxes collected on toll roads in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York amount to illegal double taxation of truckers, according to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.