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WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao told a Senate appropriations subcommittee last week that her department would not propose new ergonomics standards any time soon, and that she was not committed to a two-year rulemaking deadline sought by some lawmakers.

In what was billed a preview of summer, more than 100,000 power customers in California saw hour-long blackouts roll through the state Monday, snarling traffic and shutting down air conditioners in 90-degree heat, wire services reported.

Study: Distracted Drivers Cause 284,000 Crashes a Year; Bandag Says Court Denies Michelin’s Injunction; TransCom USA Files for Chapter 11; OPEC Likely to Raise Oil Production; and more...

Yahoo! Begins Charging for U.S. Voice Calls; U.S. Customs Starts Computer Modernization; FCC Chief Stresses Phone Competition; and more...

If a measure to provide $35 million in loan guarantees to Cummins Inc. falls through, the engine maker’s nascent deal with Navistar International will also collapse, a truck manufacturing industry publication said.

U.S. gasoline prices leaped by 8.58 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 gasoline stations and has reached $1.76, which is an all-time unadjusted high.

Taylor Named Deputy Chief of Staff at DOT; Labbe Expects Demand to Pick Up; Traffic Congestion Worsening, Study Finds; White House Says Can’t Help Gas Spike; and more...

A 7.7-cent-per-gallon leap in the average price of gasoline dwarfed a not-inconsiderable 2.8 cent per gallon rise in the price of diesel fuel.

New Traffic Report Technology Looms; Petro Vantage Seeks Software Tests; Carriers, Shippers Meet on CargoFinder and more...

It’s beginning to look like the U.S.-Mexico border may actually be opened to international trucking by the early days of 2002, as envisioned when the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed in 1993.