CONTENTS
Volume 87, Number 9 September 2008
 
 FEATURES
Gridlock  40 
The clock is ticking on a highway program in peril. Before the current program expires next October, the nation will have to resolve the most difficult and contentious transportation problems it has faced since the beginning of the Interstate era.
 
Technician Special  54 
Seeking the SuperTech: TMC's national competition elevates technicians, promotes technician career opportunities.
 
Cargo Van Roundup  62 
It's all about the slow economy.
 
Equipment Report 94 
Sterling introduces NightShift sleeper; Cummins to use SCR on 2010 heavy duty diesels; Detroit Diesel launches DD13.
 
Cool It! 80 
Ask not what your cooling system can do for you, but what you can do for your cooling system.
 
 DEPARTMENTS
 8  DOUG CONDRA
Seat belt solutions.
10  DEB WHISTLER
Hedging your fuel future.
12  WASHINGTON REPORT
Cross-border trucking program extended; Congress pushes for faster driver reforms.
20  Hotline
Meet Mack's new chief executive; Mack, Volvo announce major restructuring; capacity starting to tighten; GM, Navistar deal stalls.
72  EMISSIONS REPORT
LNG trucks for West Coast ports; glider kits.
86  TIRE REPORT
Virtually eliminate inflation-related downtime.
90  TRAILER REPORT
ATA backs bigger, heavier rigs.
108  STEVE STURGESS
ZF intros heavy pickup transmission.

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