The history of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the landmark legislation championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and other visionaries that changed the mobility of a nation and paved the way to the modern-day trucking industry, actually has roots dating to 1919.

When President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act and the Highway Revenue Act on June 29, 1956, visionaries then might have realized he was ushering in the interstate highway era.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. MELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The rapid pace of consolidations, mergers and acquisitions in trucking will accelerate in coming years, a top less-than-truckload executive predicted last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iodiesel, a product of the farm field, dates back to 1885 when Rudolf Diesel developed his first compression combustion engine to run on vegetable oil. So, too, biodiesel could be trucking’s fuel of the future.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal government’s efforts to secure hazardous materials shipments against possible use by terrorists is raising concerns among tank truck carriers, who fear that mandatory background checks in the wake of 9/11 would compromise their already shrinking pool of drivers.

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — Trucking’s current tendency to shun expansion of tractor and trailer fleets so as to achieve higher freight rates is not a productive long-term strategy for the nation’s economic health, a top industry executive charged last week.