The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will begin offering drivers the option to subscribe to free text alerts for the I-70 Mountain Corridor this summer. On April 10, CDOT announced plans to offer real-time text notifications for three key areas along the I-70 Mountain Corridor: the I-70 Floyd Hill Project, the I-70 West Vail Pass Auxiliary ...more

A truck driver was arrested earlier this month after picking up a woman and ‘maintaining a house of prostitution’ using her services.  52-year-old truck driver Shawn Brownlee was arrested on April 3rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after meeting and picking up a woman from the Bay Area in California back in March. Brownlee had initially ...more

(4kodiak/Getty Images) Although truck parking in the U.S. is predominantly located at private truck stop facilities, states are increasingly looking to expand public parking to address the critical parking shortage, according to a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute. The research, a collaborative effort between ATRI and the American Association of State Highway ...more

A view of the U.S. Capitol. Republican Reps. Mike Collins and Brandon Gill introduced the Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act on April 7. (uschools/Getty Images) Two trucking associations have voiced their support for a bill introduced in Congress that would make it a federal crime to stage a crash with a commercial motor vehicle. The ...more

Even before steel and aluminum tariffs were imposed, demand in 2025 was weaker than expected, with ACT Research analysts cutting their Class 8 demand forecast by about 8%. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) Truck manufacturers are set to raise the prices of new Class 8 tractors as early as May as a result of tariffs on U.S. ...more

Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Trucking companies along the southern border faced increased freight and heightened uncertainty as the threat of tariffs loomed over the first quarter, according to industry experts. President Donald Trump has made tariffs a cornerstone of his ...more

Amazon vans tend to be closer to emergency calls than first responders. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart attack victims. The world’s largest online retailer tested a program, called Project Pulse, as a pilot ...more

Gas prices fell in March. (Tom Merton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said April 10, ...more

The NYK Meteor containership is moored at the Port of Los Angeles on April 9. (Damian Dovarganes/AP) BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive commission said April 10 it will put trade retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated ...more

An electric truck picks up shipping containers at the Hight Logistics facility in Port of Long Beach, Calif. (Alex Welsh/Bloomberg News) Congressional Republicans have ramped up their opposition to Biden-era guidance designed to promote electric vehicles. After the introduction of comprehensive legislation meant to discourage marketplace disruptions to the sale of vehicles powered by fossil ...more