Green,too?
As long as we have to invest in rebuilding our highway infrastructure, why not take the opportunity to also make it an environmental asset? That's the...
On the cheap
Improving America's broken highways need not require massive public works expenditures like Boston's Big Dig. Some basic re-engineering of existing roadways...
Sizing up the driver shortage
Fleets seem to be of two minds when it comes to dealing with the continuing shortage of truck drivers. On the one hand, they are offering higher pay and...
ROADS TO HELL
Last year, Harvard University graduate student Samara Barend hit a pothole on Route 17 near Monticello, NY, lost control of the wheel and suffered a concussion...
Paved with billions
As big as the highway bill now snaking its way through Congress is up to $295 billion in the Senate version it won't be near enough to fix America's highways...
Forecast: Heavier trucks
Ever since President Eisenhower signed the bill creating the Interstate highway system in 1956, the federal government has been regulating truck size...
SAFETY AND THE BOTTOM LINE
If any industry could possibly know as much about the relationship between safety and profitability as trucking, it is the insurance industry where risk...
New places, new faces
For many American businesses, workforce diversity has become a corporate mission. For too many truck fleets, it's becoming a do-or-die proposition. If...
Driving the message
The winners of this year's FLEET OWNER Vehicle Graphics Awards know trucks can deliver more than the goods. Whether they're talking cheese or newspapers...
Light Duty, HARD WORK
In this age of high fuel prices, where most consumers are trying to slim their light-duty vehicles down so they burn less gasoline and diesel, commercial...
Idle Cash
Idling would be a smart thing to do if fuel was cheap and in dependable and endless supply, if diesel emissions were good for people and good for the...
THE Fleet Owner 500 America's TOP PRIVATE FLEETS
Private fleets don't haul freight for profit, but instead quietly distribute products, deliver services, keep supply chains moving, and perform other...
LEASING: Avenue to Expansion
Fleets face a complex challenge today: How do they add capacity to meet burgeoning freight demand, yet keep capital outlays low? For many fleets, leasing...
Still climbing
The good news is 2005 will be another very good year for making money in trucking. The bad news is despite plenty of opportunity for growth, fleet mangers...
Two sides
Jeff Hurley, COO of TNT Logistics, is looking at 2005 from two sides. Jacksonville, FL-based TNT Logistics supplies dedicated capacity directly to customers...
