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State senators unanimously voted to get rid of New York's ton-mile tax and raise truck registration fees by 50% to make up the lost revenue.

An Oregon lawmaker vowed to revive an attempt to replace the state's weight-mile tax with a diesel fuel charge.

In 1997, Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. together anted up $10 billion -- $5.8 billion from NS and $4.2 billion from CSX -- and now they begin the official dismemberment of Conrail.

Conrail's disappearance this week means the end of a relatively short -- but fairly eventful -- railroad history.

The Agricultural Transporters Conference will hold its first legislative and leadership convention June 14-15 at American Trucking Associations offices in Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va.

Interstate 44 has long been known as a major route for drug trafficking, and Missouri officials have seized a bonanza of marijuana this year.

A lucky black cat that rode unscathed on the rear axle of a tractor-trailer from Yakima, Wash., to Eugene, Ore., may soon have a new home.

The Teamsters and 17 unionized car-hauling trucking companies announced agreement Wednesday morning on a four-year contract that both sides said raises wages and benefits for drivers and averts a nationwide strike.

The May 20 closure of NationsWay Transport Service, one of the largest less-than-truckload operations in the country, caught many shippers and employees by surprise, even though the Colorado-based freight carrier had been unprofitable in recent years.

The United States and Canada have a plan in the works to slash border crossing times for truck drivers.