Updated: 4/14/2011 8:15:00 AM The U.S. economy showed improvement from mid-February through early April, and reports from transportation services firms were mostly positive, the Federal Reserve reported. Business services, including freight-related activities, improved in most… Read More »Transportation Services Show Upswing, Fed 'Beige Book' Report Says

Old Dominion Freight Line kicked off its third annual truck tour with a stop in Tampa on Wednesday. The Old Dominion Tampa Service Center hosted the first of seven stops on the 2011 Old Dominion… Read More »Old Dominion Kicks off Nationwide Truck Tour in Tampa

 Updated: 4/14/2011 8:35:00 AM Initial jobless claims jumped by 27,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. New claims increased to 412,000 for the week ended Saturday, higher than economists’ forecasts of little change at… Read More »Initial Jobless Claims Rise for Week

Starting April 25, weather permitting, routine bridge inspections on Interstate 80 over the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Ill., will require daily lane closures for approximately three weeks. The lane closures will be set and… Read More »Expect I-80 Delays in Illinois for Inspections and Construction

 Updated: 4/14/2011 9:00:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.7% in March, led by cost increases in energy and light trucks and automobiles, the Labor Department said Thursday. The increase in prices paid to… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.7% in March

Hiring in the trucking industry picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010. Coupled with an increase in the turnover rate for linehaul truckload drivers, this portends increased demand for drivers as the economy recovers.… Read More »ATA: Increased Hiring and Rising Turnover Indicate Economic Recovery

 Updated: 4/14/2011 1:00:00 PM J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported record income for its first quarter, as its trucking, intermodal and dedicated contract services segments all improved. Net income rose to $50.1 million, or 40 cents… Read More »J.B. Hunt Reports Record 1Q Income

A. Duie Pyle, a Northeast transportation and logistics provider, is reducing its impact on the environment as the company’s largest warehouse facility churns out solar energy at full capacity. Pyle’s megawatt solar installation is now… Read More »A. Duie Pyle Goes Solar

 Updated: 4/12/2011 2:20:00 PM Truck traffic crossing the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, slipped 1.4% in March from a year ago, the company that runs the bridge said Tuesday. Truck trips totaled 242,765… Read More »Ambassador Bridge Truck Traffic Crossings Slip 1.4% in March

By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for additional comments on whether its proposed mandate for electronic onboard recorders sets up the possibility of driver harassment. The agency believes its proposal… Read More »FMCSA Seeks Comments on EOBRs and Driver Harassment

 Updated: 4/12/2011 1:50:00 PM ATA Praises Safety Efforts of Trucking Industry The rate of highway fatalities from accidents involving large trucks fell 14.1% to the lowest level on record, according to an American Trucking Associations analysis… Read More »Truck-Involved Highway Fatality Rate Falls to Record Low

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 09-11 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Contact:Candice Tolliver Tel.:(202) 366-9999 U.S. DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State… Read More »U.S. DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State Law Enforcement Agencies Conduct Thousands of
Surprise Passenger Carrier Safety Inspections Nationwide