CONTENTS
Volume 87, Number 12 December 2008
 
 FEATURES
Truckstops In Crisis  22 
Cost-driven closures are taking away amenities and parking spaces.
 
ATA's New Safety Agenda  30 
There's a new player on the highway safety scene in Washington. It's an outfit called American Trucking Associations.
 
2010 Engine Update  46 
SCR or EGR? Education and confrontation point the ways forward to meet the EPA 2010 emissions mandate.
 
Class 2-5 Roundup 36 
Product lists shrink as slowing economy causes corporate contractions.
 DEPARTMENTS
 8  KATE MILLER
Blurring the lines between advertising and editorial.
10  DOUG CONDRA
Fund the infrastructure carefully.
12  WASHINGTON REPORT
FMCSA announces final HOS rule; cross-border program gets good review.
14  Hotline
3Q fleet financials; ports program; idle reduction research; intermodal growth peaking; truck tonnage falls again..
78  STEVE STURGESS
Countdown to 2010 emissions.
54  NIFTY FIFTY
Editors' picks of the best new product introductions of the year.

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