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The National Center for Asphalt Research, Opelika, Ga., is halfway through an experiment that its director hopes will provide the trucking industry a correlation between the condition of road pavement and the fuel efficiency of vehicles that run on it.

Plans for the 93 Texas rest areas slated for construction or renovation include not only additional truck parking, increased safety and enhanced amenities. State Department of Transportation officials want them more interesting and are using thematic designs to reach that goal.

Crude Oil Falls on Cut Speculation • ITC Recommends Tariffs on Steel Imports • Canada May Study Electronic Truck Inspections • Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in December • And more...

Cell Phone Sales Will Hit Target • Cingular Roams Across Carrier Barrier • Fuel Cells to Power Phones

U.S. factory orders totaled $333.2 billion in October, for an increase of 7.1% compared with September, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

A long-held belief of highway users and transportation engineers is that roadways in Western Europe are better built than those in the United States.

The Internet. The word conjures up both praise and scorn. Just a year ago, it seemed that everywhere we turned, one dot.com or another was trying to sell us something new over the Internet.

U.S. worker productivity rose at a 1.5% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2001 according to a revised report released by the Labor Department on Thursday. The revised figure was well below the 2.7% rate previously reported and represents the worst three months of contraction in a decade.

Bioterror Bill Introduced in House • Runge Sees Better Fuel Efficiency in 2005 Models • N.Y. Fed President Not Sure Worst Is Over • Up to 30 Feared Shot at Indiana Factory • And more...

@Track, GE Capital Fleet Services Sign Agreement • Outsourcing Cuts Logistics Complexity • Wireless System Tracks Inventory • Wireless Networks Pose Risks