Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>TAMPA, Fla. — American Trucking Associations’ board of directors endorsed a new truck size and weight policy that backs larger and heavier commercial vehicles, a move association officials said was a first step toward getting the federal limits changed.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A panel of experts said fuel transporters were working to develop handling procedures to prevent the contamination of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel as it is shipped through pipelines, saying the complexity of the system makes maintaining the fuel’s integrity difficult.

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration’s budget for the next fiscal year includes a new proposal to expand the use of tolls on existing highways because, officials said, fuel taxes will not raise enough money for transportation improvements.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is slated to receive $521 million, a 6% increase over the current year, in the Bush Administration’s fiscal 2007 budget request for the Transportation Department.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has postponed for four months issuing its regulation on the use of electronic onboard recorders, the agency’s two top officials told Transport Topics last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to issue several important new regulations this year, including an intermodal chassis maintenance rule and guidance on the use of electronic onboard recorders, agency sources and industry executives told Transport Topics last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a petition by a major drivers’ group to amend the sleeper-berth provision of its new hours-of-service rules.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Recent reports from the Government Accountability Office urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to improve its enforcement grant and outreach programs.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week issued its long-awaited proposal to cut the required stopping distance for heavy-duty trucks.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. or transporters of hazardous materials, 2005 will be remembered as a year of change.