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Air pollution generated by vehicle traffic kills thousands of people every year in Europe, according to a study published in the Sept. 2 issue of the British medical journal Lancet.

A plan for TruckersB2B to bring together a host of carriers for volume-buying discounts has yet to hit pay dirt as parent-company Celadon Corp. reported $4.7 million in losses this fiscal year.

Trucking’s largest lobbying group asked President Clinton to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve on to the market “to protect a strong U.S. economy and the men and women who work hard every day to deliver it.”

Surging oil prices could bring catastrophic bankruptcy rates to trucking within nine months, according to a stock analyst who has studied the historic correlation between changes in fuel prices and company failures.

A plan for TruckersB2B to bring together a host of carriers for volume-buying discounts has yet to turn a profit, and some analysts are cool on the online venture.

The bad news in the Canadian trucking industry is that things have not changed much for drivers and dispatchers. The good news is that things are not worse, according to an updated study.

Some Southern California trucking companies have found what they hope will be a solution to the industry's driver shortage: recent parolees from the state prison system.

In the news this morning: Clinton monitoring oil prices; British truckers continue fuel tax protests at prime minister's doorstep; inflation seen tame as U.S. import prices rise 0.2%; and more news to come.

Truck and trailer leasing rose 10.5% in 2005, compared with 9.9% the year before, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Equipment Leasing Association.

Today's technology headlines: European food groups plan Internet exchange; Chicago ponders banning use of cell phones while driving; Geoworks files complaint to block WAP; and more.