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ALEXANDRIA, VA – A new “wheel tax” of up to $60 per vehicle in several Northwest Indiana counties would be excessively burdensome.
Read More →HALIFAX, CANADA – Longer trucks reduce harmful exhaust emissions and improve highway safety and the Nova Scotia government is taking a look at how longer truck configurations could operate in the province.
Read More →NEW YORK CITY, NY – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said it sees problems with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal, announced Apr. 22, to charge a new fee to anyone who drives into Manhattan.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO – Penske Truck Leasing celebrated the opening of its newest facility in Cambridge, Ontario, on Apr. 24. The new 18,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, currently employing 23 associates, offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasing, and contract maintenance.
Read More →HALIFAX, CANADA – Drivers of large vehicles, like dump- and garbage-trucks, are more likely to tip when they are driving fast and with heavy, unbalanced loads.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of groups led by Public Citizen the Teamsters Union have filed suit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to block the federal government's plan to allow a pilot program of Mexican trucks into the United States.
Read More →BERKELEY, CA – Clif Bar has rolled out a fleet of eight new biodiesel-powered trucks for its field marketing team. By converting its field marketing vehicles to biodiesel and eliminating the need for 8,000 gallons of gasoline each year, Clif Bar expects to reduce the fleet's CO2 emissions by about 40 percent, or 60,000 pounds of CO2.
Read More →DETROIT, MI – Despite rising gasoline prices, General Motors (GM) quietly has dropped the hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) is opposing a proposed 25 percent increase in truck registration fees in New Hampshire.
Read More →The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) recently released a response to the Stanford University report which said the green fuel may actually be harmful to the environment.
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