Monday, March 17, 2003

• State freight profiles available
• Idaho House passes heavyweight truck bill
• Maryland to ask feds for cash to build controversial highway
• Michigan wants federal help for roads
• Roadcheck 2003 planned for first week in June
• Northbound lanes of interstate open in Big Dig
• Washington state Senate OKs transportation audits
• Wisconsin debates diverting highway funds
• Colorado delays action again on highway funding bill
• Committee approves NTSB reauthorization through 2006
• Panel to hear testimony on lower speed highway bill
• Bill to lower Iowa’s drunken driving standard advances
• North Dakota bill targets drunken driving, highway dollars
• Vote planned on road funding bill in Alaska
• Teen driving bill sent to Rules Committee in Illinois
• ‘Black boxes’ coming to NYC cabs
• Texas eyes billboard ban
• Truck with $10 million weed cargo seized in Texas
• Truck parking plays a big role in Bass Pro proposal
• Trucker tax relief passes Arkansas Senate
• Top executives ship out
• Bill to end split speed limits up for vote soon in Illinois
• Committee gives truck registration bill an OK in Kansas
• Kentucky's General Assembly passes usage tax exemption for truckers
• Ohio House approves transportation budget
• West Virginia passes coal-truck bill at last second
• Bill to create southwest Florida toll roads is killed
• CDL tester pleads guilty to falsifying results
• Delaware eyes seat-belt initiative
• Do you need special shoes to do the 'perp walk'?

Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

• BE PREPARED: What to do in a chemical attack
• SPECIAL REPORT: A sign of a clean rest area ahead
• Oil update: Alaska lobbies for ANWR drilling; oil prices decline
• OOIDA member tells newspaper about effect of fuel prices on truckers
• Bill would let states set intrastate CDL rules
• Alaska Senate OKs measure to spend more on roads, less on rest areas, trails
• Bill: Employers can't encourage drivers to violate rail-crossing rules
• Montana among states pursuing highway dollars, drunken driving standard
• Illinois hopes system will help drivers avoid tollway backups
• Trucker's quick thinking saves others from harm
• Judge OKs sale of Conseco Finance
• Oklahoma Senate passes smoke-free bills
• Texas bill regulates junk e-mail
• Truck gets biggest overweight fine ever in Michigan

Thursday, March 20, 2003