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Washington DC getting chillier by the day
, By Charles E Wilson

JUST IN case anyone missed it, relations have become quite strained between industry and our elected officials and bureaucrats in Washington DC...

Traffic gridlock hits bottom in second quarter 2009

Inrix, a provider of traffic and navigation services in North America, announced a mid-year INRIX National Traffic Scorecard special report...

Price of diesel fuel sinks for four weeks in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for a fourth straight week, decreasing 2.1 cents to $2.601 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index climbs 2.1% in August

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1% in August, matching July’s increase of the same magnitude...

Commercial trailer orders increase 14% in August

Net orders for commercial trailers in August 2009 increased 14% from July and 69% from a depressed August 2008, which was during the early stages of retrenchment in the commercial vehicle sector, according to the latest State of the Industry: US Trailers report issued by ACT Research Co LLC...

Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders reach highest level since November 2008

Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders inched up in August 2009 to their highest level since November 2008...

Freight economy’s
recovery will be
slow: FTR conference

The worst is over for the freight economy, but recovery will be slow and uneven, according to speakers at the recent FTR Associates Freight Transportation conference, which took place August 25-27, 2009, in Indianapolis IN...

Trucking execs see light
at end of tunnel: survey

The general conclusion by carrier executives is to be cautious in regard to equipment and expansion, according to a report of improving outlooks in the recent Transport Capital Partners (TCP) quarterly survey...

Traffic gridlock hits bottom
in second quarter of 2009

INRIX, a provider of traffic and navigation services in North America, announced a mid-year INRIX National Traffic Scorecard special report, which found that traffic gridlock, during peak periods on major roads in urban America, had reached its low point in the second quarter of 2009 and has now started to increase...

Survey finds lack of consensus on funding road improvements

According to a new America THINKS survey commissioned by HNTB Corporation, the majority of Americans who say the gas tax is no longer sufficient to properly maintain the country’s roads and bridges (57%) is on the rise, up 6% from January 2009...

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