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Within the next couple of weeks, EFS Transportation Services’ cashless fuel payment program will take over the customer base that had been using TransCore Inc.’s third-party fuel card service, Ryan Ramey, EFS senior vice president, told Transport Topics.

Construction of new homes in February rose at the fastest pace in more than three years and the housing market is expected to remain strong in the months ahead, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Heavy Spring Snow Closes Major Wash. Highways • Economists Expect Interest Rates to Rise • Russia Will Maintain Oil Cuts Through 2Q • Flooding Continues to Tie Up Roads in South, East • And more...

Two months after FedEx Corp. unknowingly carried a radiation-emitting package from Sweden to New Orleans, motor carriers are working harder than ever to ensure they know exactly what they are carrying and for whom. ost carriers have been re-evaluating and tightening security procedures — as well as increasing security training for employees — since the events of Sept. 11.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. am mindful of the wise advice of the late movie tycoon Samuel Goldwyn, who said, “Never predict anything, especially the future.” With that in mind, the National Association of Manufacturers is confident the economy is already beginning to turn around and we expect it to pick up steam as the year goes on.

Bush Seeks Tax Breaks for Small Businesses • Celadon’s Purchase of Burlington Motor Assets Approved • Trade Deficit Rises to $28.5 Billion • Japan’s Truck Makers to Create Own Emissions Standards • And more...

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States jumped another 3.5 cents last week to $1.251 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday. Over the past three weeks, the price has risen 9.7 cents per gallon.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday left interest rates unchanged, but moved toward the first rate increase since May 2000 by dropping its 15-month-old view that weak growth is the biggest threat to the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, apparently giving in to congressional and state pressure, agreed last week to put money back into the 2003 budget for highways, but Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta would not publicly commit to a specific amount.

The Environmental Protection Agency formally notified four manufacturers of over-the-road diesel engines that they can shut off or reduce the effect of emission-control systems during extreme temperatures or high altitudes, clearing the way for engine designs the manufacturers say are ready for EPA approval.