November 19, 2008: The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted as final a December 2007 interim final rule on driver hours, scheduled for publication in the Nov. 19 Federal Register, despite complaints from some advocacy groups that the rule compromises transportation safety. The final rule will take effect Jan. 19, 2009, 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The final rule allows commercial motor vehicle drivers to continue to drive...

November 17, 2008: A report on the Bush administration’s cross-border trucking program found that participating Mexican trucks have good safety records, but that so few carriers have signed up, it’s difficult to evaluate the program effectively. Click here to read the full article from Transport Topics.

November 14, 2008: Oak Harbor Freight is refusing to bargain in good faith. Striking Teamsters are turning up the heat and making the company pay. Over 600 drivers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho have been on strike since Sept. 22 over unfair labor practices at the regional freight carrier. Company revenue is down 35 percent since the beginning of the strike—and they have temporarily lost half their customers. Striking drivers have sent roving pickets to...