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Walmart Truck Driver Pleads Not Quilty For Tracy Morgan Accident

A Wal-Mart truck driver pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of death by auto and assault in the New Jersey Turnpike crash that killed James McNair, a.k.a. Jimmy Mack, and injured three others, including comedian and actor...

Senate Highway Bill Due May 12th

Another Short-Term Solution? The Senate has scheduled a hearing to mark up its version of a bill to extend federal transportation funding beyond a scheduled September cut-off. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will...
2014 Tax Extenders Bill

Tax Extenders Bill Passes And What It Means For You

What The New Tax Extenders Bill Means To You By a 76-16 vote, the U.S. Senate has just passed the tax extenders bill that the House of Representatives passed earlier this month. President Obama signed into...

DOT Foxx “G.M. Knew About Defects”

G.M. To Pay $35 Million In Fines Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has just finished his press release concerning General Motors and their massive recall and defects. Just as we expected, Foxx was calm,...

Truckers Jamboree Iowa 80 Truckstop

The Truckers Jamboree is hosted every year at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa. Since it’s inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree has been celebrating America’s Truckers. This event is a...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index

ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index Up 3.5 Percent In November

ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index Spikes In November American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.5% in November, following an increase of 0.5% during the previous month.  In November, the index...

Web Development Solutions For Trucking Websites

Growing Online Business If you are the owner of a website within the trucking and transportation niche, there are solutions that can help your website grow traffic, search engine rankings and revenue. The Trucking Edge...

Top Transportation Sector Stocks April 2014

Best Transportation Sector Stocks With the transportation sector seeing continued growth and a future forecast that shows growth past 2016, transportation stocks are becoming a great investment for portfolios. Transportation stocks have been performing great...

Restart Rule Will Hurt Highway Safety

In a letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, former FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg expressed strong support for an amendment to a bill proposed by Sen. Susan Collins...

Trucking Edge Network Partners With Hale Associations

The Trucking Edge Network is one of the fastest growing trucking platforms and where Truckers Logic calls home. We're serious when we talked about giving truck drivers and trucking companies the opportunity to grow...