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A test of a vehicle mileage tax in Oregon should be extended nationwide in the next surface transportation bill, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said today.

Freight traffic for major U.S.-owned railroads improved after two storm-stunted weeks, but remained below the pace of the last half of January.

Norfolk Southern Railway hopes to begin construction by July on new intermodal terminals in Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala., now that it has a large stimulus grant to help pay for them.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told short line railroad officials the Senate will act on legislation next week that includes a renewal of an expired tax credit for track repairs for small railroads

Trucking is "clearly in a recovery mode," with the American Trucking Associations' truck tonnage index showing its strongest increase since January 2005 last month.

Canadian trucking costs appear to be stabilizing, but at a level nearly 10 percent lower than a year ago, according to an index based on less-than-truckload and truckload rates.

CSX Transportation in the eastern United States and Union Pacific Railroad in the West will soon be jointly marketing a domestic intermodal service in jumbo-sized containers.

The seven largest U.S. railroads shed 1,116 jobs in January, bringing their total workforce to a new low of 145,609 positions.

YRC Worldwide yesterday closed the first part of a deal that will pay off $70 million in unsecured debt that wasn’t eliminated in its $464 million debt-for-equity swap.

A group representing independent truck drivers accused Mexico of “economic bullying” while arguing against allowing Mexican truckers to operate in the U.S.

A 65 percent leap in shipment volume helped Echo Global Logistics increase revenue 47 percent and quadruple its profit in the fourth quarter, despite falling transportation rates.

YRC Worldwide’s Western subsidiary Reddaway is cutting transit times throughout its network to increase next-day and two-day delivery options for shippers.

Engine maker Cummins will pay $2.1 million for a costly supply chain error.

Diesel prices across the United States jumped 7.6 cents over the past week, the first increase in six weeks, to their highest point since the middle of January, the U.S.

The North American intermodal business is developing a split personality.

As soon as BNSF Railway’s shareholders approved the planned takeover by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Feb. 11, the railroad’s CEO began to fire away at Wall Street.

The nascent economic recovery is beginning to fuel consolidation in trucking, as healthier carriers expand their networks by buying up smaller competitors and niche players.

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BNSF’s top intermodal executive concedes the western railroads have permanently lost much of their East Coast market share to all-water container shipping services from Asia, but Steve Branscum

Call it a lost week for a major slice of the U.S. economy and transportation network.

Con-way Freight is starting 2010 by strengthening its sales organization as it tries to bring pricing and profit into line with higher less-than-truckload freight volume.

Snowstorms that slammed the country in early February may have boosted rates for truckload carriers by freezing capacity, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.

North American short line railroads carried some of the strongest traffic levels in months even during storm-tossed February, as cargo loadings were consistent with a spreading recovery in the broader

A similar name can cause the kind of confusion USA Truck wants to avoid.

A late-year need to refill store shelves and replenish other stocks after a “historic inventory drawdown” helped boost intermodal traffic in the fourth quarter and push domestic volume sli

The return of growth in freight shipments this year may erase the surplus of trucks this summer and push more business to combined rail-truck intermodal shipments, the Intermodal Association of North

In the midst of a massive contraction for the North American freight car industry, equipment builder American Railcar Industries said it has formed a joint venture with US Railcar to produce self-prop

Major U.S.-owned railroads saw their originations of bulk commodity and equipment traffic fall more than 20,000 carloads from the end of January to mid-February, a time when powerful winter storms hit

Rail equipment supplier FreightCar America posted a $5.6 million fourth quarter loss as it said sales of railroad cars fell “significantly” – by 82 percent to $49.4 million.

The Freight Transportation Services Index indicated a stabilizing market as it remained unc

YRC Worldwide’s stock value plunged today after shareholders approved the issue of more than 2 billion new shares as part of a debt-for-equity swap with bondholders.

Railroad projects in seven states were the top winners Wednesday when the Department of Transportation announced recipients of $1.5 billion in TIGER grants.

YRC Worldwide's shareholders approved the company's debt-for-equity swap Wednesday, clearing $550 million in debt from the company's books and giving the country's largest trucking company a new lease

Spot market demand for truckload freight rose for the fourth straight month in January, although it dipped compared with an unusually strong December, according to Transcore, which owns the DAT load-m

YRC Worldwide shareholders meet Wednesday to decide whether to accept a $550 debt-for-equity swap with bondholders that was completed Dec. 31.

Railcar manufacturer and car fleet manager Greenbrier said it is processing car hire and repair payments for RailAmerica, the owner of 39 regional and short line railroads.

Two well-known U.S. suppliers of rail equipment will merge, as L.B. Foster said it has made a cash offer to buy outstanding shares of Portec Rail Products for $11.71 each.

Intermodal service provider Pacer International posted a $10 million profit for the fourth-quarter in which it renegotiated a long-term contract with Union Pacific Railroad, up from a $64 million loss

Diesel prices fell for the fifth straight week, according to a report released Feb. 15 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.