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The Ohio Department of Transportation dusted off 15 of its snow plows in July and deployed them around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland -- and it turns out they were doing double duty. ODOT made no...

Many say that there is no truth the rumors that an Anonymous-backed protest called "Day Of Rage" will take place tomorrow, but some military sources have issued warnings advising caution. Social media has been abuzz with rumors...

Exit 51 on the Long Island Expressway is getting a new rest area with impressive amenities, but truck drivers won't be able to enjoy them, because commercial vehicle parking isn't allowed. Rest Area Renovation Project Includes Provision...

After being closed for 5 years, New York officials have reopened the eastbound I-88 rest area in Worcester in one of the nation's toughest states for finding truck parking. The New York State Department of Transportation closed 6...

The Rhode Island Trucking Association has threatened to bring their fight to the courts if lawmakers decide to embrace a proposal that would increase tolls on commercial vehicles. Gov. Gina Raimondo is in need of hundreds of millions...

Truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Marine Terminals went on strike indefinitely as of 6 a.m. today. The striking drivers, who work for Pacific 9 Transportation, say that they have been illegally misclassified...

After outrage from the trucking community, Rhode Island Republicans have offered up an alternative plan to counter Governor Gina Raimondo's proposal to toll truckers to the tune of $100 million per year to pay for much needed...

Exxon Mobile's request for an emergency permit to use tanker trucks to haul crude oil from a Las Flores Canyon Facility along Highway 101 to a refinery 70 miles away has been denied, in part because of protesters who are concerned about safety.

Baltimore police say that they have discovered the body of a 51-year-old man in the cab of a truck less than a block from the nightly protests over the death of Freddie Gray. The truck, which did...

Over the weekend, truck drivers who work for the nation's busiest port complex in Los Angeles and Long Beach voted to strike today. The strike was brought on by a labor dispute that has been years in...

One sentence in a thousand page legal document could divert 3,000 trucks off of Connecticut's I-95 onto a ferry and local backroads. The project, dubbed the "Cross Sound Enhancement Project" is a plan by the New York...

A trucker strike in Columbia has caused a steep increase in food prices and food shortages. Around 40% of the country's trucks are off the road to protest high fuel prices, tolls, and the quality of...