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Truck Highway Safety Improves To Best Level, DOT Data Show
Feb 16, 2009; ... Two key safety indicators improved to their best-ever levels during 2007, according to data just released by the Department of Transportation and analyzed by TRANSPORT TOPICS. Both the truck-related fatality rate and the truck-related fatal crash rate were the best since DOT began ...
Trucking Sheds 24,900 Jobs
Feb 16, 2009; ... January Decline Is Largest Since April 1994 The trucking industry lost nearly 25,000 jobs in January, the highest monthly total ever except during a national strike in 1994, according to data from the Department of Labor. Dismal freight volumes caused carriers to cut back, and ...
Congress Trims Road Funding In Stimulus Bill Compromise
Feb 16, 2009; ... Congress late last week was poised to pass a $789 billion economic stimulus package, which included less guaranteed funding for roads and bridges than industry officials had hoped for, but it also contained money for diesel engine retrofits and a tax break for buying new equipment. "It's ...
Diesel Dips 2.7¢, 28th Decline in 30 Weeks; Oil Also Slides While Gasoline Keeps Rising
Feb 16, 2009; ... Driven by a freight-scarce economy, abundant fuel inventories and predictions of continuing economic distress, the average price of U.S. retail diesel drifted down another 2.7 cents a gallon to $2.219 last week, its fourth straight decline and the 28th in the past 30 weeks. The diesel ...
Postal Service, UPS Team Up To Make Online Returns Easier
Feb 16, 2009; ... UPS Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service have agreed to work together to make it easier for consumers to return goods purchased online, a move that more closely aligns the nation's mail delivery system with the largest commercial package carrier. Under a pilot program starting this month, ...