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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled results from a four-year survey on how carrier scheduling affects driver fatigue, drawing a clear line between management practices and drivers’ perceptions of fatigue.

The National Private Truck Council named former National Moving and Storage Association chief executive Gary Frank Petty as its new president.

The typical truck driver earned an average of $40,883 in salary in 2000 — up more than $5,400, or 15.3%, from three years ago — according to a study released last week by American Trucking Associations. In addition to salary, the typical driver was also eligible for three bonuses and a menu of fringe benefits.

More than 12,000 jobs have now been eliminated in the slumping truck-manufacturing industry since October 1999 as two more manufacturers announced new production cuts.

Market observers are still predicting a drop in the price of diesel fuel despite two consecutive weeks of rising prices.

Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta has a list of candidates to fill the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s top spot, but has not yet pinpointed anyone for the job. In the interim, Julie A. Cirillo continues to lead the agency.

Oh, my achin’ back!” Practically anybody who has a hands-on relationship with trucks has had occasion to say that.

t the request of the California Trucking Association and the pipeline industry, the California Public Utilities Commission agreed Jan. 26 to exempt petroleum pipelines from rolling electricty blackouts that have disrupted businesses for weeks.

Canadian National Railway Co. says its plan to purchase the Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. at a cost of $1.2 billion should be seen by the Surface Transportation Board as a “minor transaction..