19 hrs ago | InYork
Truckers' plan would reduce fuel consumption
“But there's no doubt that today's skyrocketing diesel prices give us an added incentive to roll it out across the industry, and for Congress to provide the support the program needs.”
DAN CATERINICCHIA WASHINGTON -- Struggling with record diesel prices, the trucking industry's main trade group on Thursday introduced a plan to reduce fuel consumption and emissions over the next decade mainly ... via InYork
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Truckers Forum & PollsTuesday May 6 | www.wfaa.com | Posted by the 48th ronin
Dallas issues idling tickets to try and clean up air
It was just last week that we learned, in a new study, that Dallas has some of the most polluted air in the country among the largest cities.
Tuesday May 6 | Trucks world news
TRUCKERS' STORIES * USA - Long ride home even longer for many truck drivers
“Three months just trying to make ends meet with my household finances”
"That leaves me out in the Midwest, fending myself, sending checks home to my family, the best I can."... While this has been going on, Anthony has been taking back road to save money on tolls, sleeping in his ... via Trucks world news
Monday May 5 | WHP-TV Harrisburg
Trucker protest convoys to D.C.
“Your food, toys, computers, they're all hauled by truck drivers. The backbone of our trucks is diesel fuel to power them. And this rise in cost is hurting trucks, in turn hurting supplies to your stores.”
Drivers from 27 states, including Pennsylvania, are heading to Washington DC in hopes of gaining some attention. via WHP-TV Harrisburg
Saturday May 3 | Denver Post
Couple who lost 3 kids in crash have triplets
“Although it's been almost a year now it's something you deal with constantly on a daily basis.”
An Orange County couple whose three children died in a highway crash nearly a year ago have become parents to triplets. via Denver Post
Friday May 2 | Journal Gazette
State police in Beaver County say a Fort Wayne trucker has reported being accosted by a gunman who posed like a motorist needing assistance. via Journal Gazette
Friday May 2 | KTBS-TV Shreveport
Trucker and motorist die in accident on I-20
Created: May 1, 2008 09:08 AM Modified: May 1, 2008 03:48 PM A truck driver was killed on Interstate 20 in Bossier Parish this morning when his truck had a blowout, careened across the interstate and hit a car ... via KTBS-TV Shreveport
Thursday May 1 | Victoria Advocate
Western ports return to normal after workers' war protest
Photo Credit: AP Photo Trucks fill the bays at the truck washing center in Wilmington, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. via Victoria Advocate
Thursday May 1 | WAND-TV Decatur
Prosecutors to seek death penalty in trucker slayings case
The state of Tennessee plans to seek the death penalty if a jury convicts a southern Illinois truck driver in the killing of a woman in Nashville. via WAND-TV Decatur
Thursday May 1 | CBS13/CW31 | Posted by CBS13/CW31
West Coast Cargo Traffic Halted By Port Protests
“Shippers and exporters know about it and plan around it, and we don't expect to see any significant disruptions from it.”
West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt Thursday as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests to commemorate May Day, terminal operators said Thursday.
Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle, Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug said.
Workers were expected to return for the start of the evening shift, he said.
"There's no work happening so that means there's no cargo being unloaded and certainly being loaded either," Getzug said. Read more
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