Cash tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will go up 10 percent on Jan. 1, 2012, while E-ZPass rates will stay the same. For a trucker driving from the Ohio border to the Delaware River Bridge, the 5-axle cash rate will increase to $185.50 from $168.60. Rates ...

The cost to travel the entire 241-mile Ohio Turnpike from Indiana to Pennsylvania for 5-axle vehicles will increase to $44 from $40 for cash customers on Jan 1, 2012. E-ZPass rates for the end-to-end turnpike rise to $35 from $32. Rates for travel between one or ...

In New Jersey on Jan. 1, 2012, cash 5-axle rates for the length of the New Jersey Turnpike will go up more than 50 percent to $49.75 from $32.50. E-ZPass tolls will increase to $45.45 from $29.70.

On Jan. 1, 2012, Oregon will launch a new statewide law to reduce unnecessary idling of commercial vehicles. Trucks that aren’t equipped with an auxiliary power unit or other idle-reduction technology will be prohibited from idling more than five minutes an hour on property open ...

Now through Jan. 25, large trucks will be assessed the same tolls as cars on Texas 130 and Texas 45 Southeast. Car tolls are between $6.44 and $8.53 for the 56-mile bypass near Austin. Truck tolls are about three times the passenger car rate after ...

Tolls began Thursday, Dec. 29, on the Highway 520 floating bridge in Seattle to help pay for a replacement bridge. Tolls vary by time of day and vehicle type, with the highest for trucks and trailers. A three-axle truck owner will pay $5.25 each way ...

A Maryland pilot program provides truck parking in select park and ride lots during snowstorms of six inches or more. A new mobile application also is available to locate parking at 45 locations statewide where park and ride lot snow removal also is provided. The regular ...

Osceola, Iowa, is home to a new Pilot Flying J travel center at 2010 West Clay St. at Exit 34 off Interstate 35. The 5,500-square-foot center hosts four fuel islands and seven diesel islands, all of which feature diesel exhaust fluid and biodiesel. The center features ...

Ten trucker families from the United States and Canada received $700 each in this year’s Trucker Charity Christmas Group fundraiser. The 10 families were selected from among 23 nominations received for needy trucking families. Since the all-volunteer Christmas group was formed in 2008, more than ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, announced that Kory Northrop of the University of Oregon and Ali Mostafavi of Purdue University were chosen as winners of the Data Visualization Student Challenge. Each of ...