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Changes that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made to its CSA safety-monitoring program are causing the ratings of fleets across the country to change, and not always for the better, carrier executives told Transport Topics.

The decisions by three trucking fleets to announce public share offerings in recent weeks represent a sharp change in direction for an industry that went more than five years without a stock sale.

In the face of record-setting petroleum stockpiles, the U.S. retail diesel price average dipped 1.2 cents to $2.979 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) released results of a bipartisan poll that showed majorities of the state’s residents are concerned about transportation and back more funding of infrastructure projects.

An index of leading economic indicators increased 0.1% in July, the second increase in four months, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Cloud computing is fast, reliable, inexpensive and swiftly growing in popularity — except in trucking.

The U.S. Department of Transportation Monday issued a new final rule on drug testing for transportation workers that will add tests for more drugs.

Members of a coalition of truckers, chemical manufacturers, and other trade groups are in discussions with U.S. customs officials over a yet-to-be-enforced, controversial requirement that motor carriers and exporters stipulate on electronic manifests the amount of residual chemicals left inside cargo and portable tank containers when returning from deliveries in Canada and Mexico.

A truck replacement program designed to cut diesel emissions has been included as part of a legal settlement between the South Carolina State Ports Authority and an environmental group over expansion at the Port of Charleston.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has named 20 people to a blue-ribbon commission assigned to come up with recommendations for reshaping how Maryland funds its transportation system.