An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill that would raise the speed limit for all vehicles on the state’s interstate highways from 65 to 70 mph, following a similar move by the Ohio Turnpike. Ron… Read More »Proposal Would Raise Ohio Speed Limit

 UPDATED: 1/13/2012 5:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Jan.… Read More »TTNews.com to Be Closed for MLK Day

Thank you for visiting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration! You will be taken to http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/dot/120109/ in approximately 10 seconds. If you do not wish to leave the site, please hit your browser’s back button… Read More »Watch the Video of the Motorcoach Hours-of-Service Listening Session Held on January 9, 2012, in Grapevine, Texas

Meritor Wabco announced that Schneider National will buy more than 2,500 OnGuard Collision Safety Systems for all of its Class 8 commercial vehicles. OnGuard is an “always-on” collision mitigation system that provides vehicles with an… Read More »Schneider National Buying 2,500 OnGuard Collision Safety Systems

 UPDATED: 1/12/2012 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing… Read More »Hostess Brands Again Files for Bankruptcy

Google’s driverless car on a test course. (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Did you know Google has a fleet of robotic cars? Google’s fleet of robotic… Read More »So when will Google invent a self-driving truck?

 UPDATED: 1/11/2012 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Dana Holding Corp. estimated its adjusted 2011 earnings will be well over the previous year’s, and that its 2012 sales will… Read More »Dana Estimates Stronger 2011 Earnings

Carrier won’t be making significant equipment investments until they see the rate increases needed to recoup that investment, says TCP. (Photo by Jim Park) The Transport Capital Partners (TCP) 4th Quarter 2011 Business Expectations Survey… Read More »TCP: Carriers Resist Adding Capacity on Poor ROI

 UPDATED: 1/10/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Gasoline Jumps 8.3¢ in Third Increase Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs Diesel rose 4.5 cents to $3.828 a gallon, its first increase in… Read More »Diesel Rises 4.5¢ to $3.828 in First Gain in Seven Weeks

Dark blue Herculiner material covers the lower third of this steel tanker owned by Peckham Materials. More than six years later, the coating is still in good condition. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior… Read More »Pickup bed coating wards off corrosion from calcium chloride, this fleet manager finds

 UPDATED: 1/9/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity said it has acquired Pennsylvania carrier Keen Transport Co. Terms were not disclosed. Platinum… Read More »Equity Firm Buys Keen Transport, Cressler Trucking

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is reminding commercial motor carriers they they need to update their Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and Power Unit (PU) data on their Motor Carrier Registration form, known as the… Read More »FMCSA Reminds Carriers to Update VMT, Power Unit Data