Avery ViseBusinessIs 11 cents a mile for roads fair?A federal policy analysis agency thinks you should be paying more for highways and perhaps should be doing so by the mile rather than by the gallon. In a new report, the U.S. Government Accountability Agency suggested that Congress consider a pilot program to test the viability of mileage-based fees for commercial trucks as well as […]January 9, 2013BusinessAverage diesel price edges lowerThe national average retail diesel price dipped 0.7 cents to $3.911 a gallon during the week ended Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest weekly price is 8.3 cents above the same week last year. Diesel prices dropped in most regions, led by a 5.8-cent drop in the […]January 7, 2013BusinessTrucking adds 4,200 jobs in DecemberFor-hire trucking companies added 4,200 payroll jobs in December on a seasonally adjusted basis as the overall economy added 115,000 nonfarm jobs.January 4, 2013BusinessAverage diesel price falls 4.6 centsThe national average retail diesel price kept falling during the week ended Dec. 17, dropping 4.6 cents to $3.945 a gallon, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest weekly price is 11.7 cents above the same week last year.December 17, 2012BusinessDiesel back below $4 a gallonThe national average retail diesel price dropped 3.6 cents to $3.991 a gallon during the week ended Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest weekly price is 9.7 cents above the same week last year. Diesel prices fell in all regions, led by a drop of 6.4 cents […]December 10, 2012BusinessPresident Obama lauds Detroit transmission dealPresident Obama on Monday recognized Detroit Diesel Corp. and its local UAW unit for working together to invest in facilities needed to build the Detroit DT12 automated manual transmission and DD15 proprietary asymmetric turbocharger at the company’s Redford, Mich., operation.December 10, 2012BusinessTrucking adds 2,500 jobs in NovemberFor-hire trucking companies added 2,500 payroll jobs in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest estimates released Dec. 7 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The overall U.S. economy added 146,000 nonfarm jobs in November, and the national unemployment rate was 7.7% — down from 7.9% in October.December 7, 2012BusinessDiesel dips but remains above $4The national average retail diesel price decreased by 0.7 cents to $4.027 a gallon during the week ended Dec. 3.December 3, 2012BusinessAverage diesel price up 5.8 cents to $4.034The national average retail diesel price rose by 5.8 cents to $4.034 a gallon during the week ended Nov. 26, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest weekly price is 7 cents above the same week last year.November 26, 2012BusinessDiesel price drops 2 cents to $4.01The national average retail diesel price fell by 2 cents to $4.01 during the week ended Nov. 5November 5, 2012Previous PagePage 7 of 85Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist