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	<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 01:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Trucking Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trucking Grrl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a fast moving world and a competitive work environment, time is precious, time is gold. And you better believe this saying is true. We are now surrounded by constant technology and making use of this technology will make all of our lives easier.
Trucking software delivers data, information on everything to keep your business running [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-370" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 5px;" title="trucking-down-the-road" src="http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/trucking-down-the-road-300x210.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="210" />In a fast moving world and a competitive work environment, time is precious, time is gold. And you better believe this saying is true. We are now surrounded by constant technology and making use of this technology will make all of our lives easier.</p>
<p>Trucking software delivers data, information on everything to keep your business running smoothly - and you have the information in an instant. Software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system. Combining your trucking business and with a powerful software increases efficiency and productivity.</p>
<p>The trucking industry sector was stagnant for many years in the corporate world, until the advent of trucking software. Many companies are now using software, because software is connected to the internet which allows users to get real time results and information.  Integrating the web with your business is a vital part of business and has become part of our day to day lives.</p>
<p>Trucking software helps drivers and businesses.  Giving you all the information you need with just a few clicks of the mouse.</p>
<p>Trucking software is delivering/getting information, data or file through internet. The transverse course of transformation for any industry happens to be very tough. Any type of transformation requires a set of direction to follow a path of change. Trucking software can manage all of the in&#8217;s and out&#8217;s of your daily business needs.</p>
<p>Its hassle free, saves times and saves more money. Trucking industry has very intellectually administered technology in-order to transform itself into a modern and dynamic industry. Trucking software has triggered this course of transformation and has acted as a pathfinder for this industry. The trucking software is guiding its path from the forefront. With the inclusion of new technologies, this fast changing industry would exclusively surpass other corporate sectors. As the trucking industry is heading towards a new zone of modernism, it requires inclusion of automated solutions to handle the complexity of business and to accelerate the growth rate.</p>
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		<title>Truckers Support “Move Over” Law</title>
		<link>http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/truckers-support-move-over-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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Most of the truckers out there can get the word out to people about important highway issues. They are essentially rolling billboards.
With that in mind, they are being used to support the &#8216;move over&#8217; law. This is a law that says that people must move over to accommodate emergency vehicles on the side of the [...]]]></description>
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Most of the truckers out there can get the word out to people about important highway issues. They are essentially rolling billboards.</p>
<p>With that in mind, they are being used to support the &#8216;move over&#8217; law. This is a law that says that people must move over to accommodate emergency vehicles on the side of the highway. It was enacted to try to keep officers and ambulance workers from being struck by vehicles driving by. There has been too much of that, and when it comes to protecting their own, these people are very serious.</p>
<p>Since the truckers support that law so much, they are being used as advertisements for the law. It&#8217;s a great way to make sure that people see the information, because they may not have heard about the law or realize just how serious and important it is.</p>
<p>Putting information on billboards helps, but when the billboard is huge and driving down the highway, it&#8217;s much more prominent and more people generally see it and take notice. It could help to save lives.</p>
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		<title>Can Obama Help The Mexico Trade Concern</title>
		<link>http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/can-obama-help-the-mexico-trade-concern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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The small-time truck drivers are angry, and they&#8217;re mostly angry with President Obama because they don&#8217;t feel like he&#8217;s taking their trade interests and their security seriously enough when it comes to the Mexico border.
Right now, the US truckers generally don&#8217;t have any incentive to go to Mexico and to be competitive there, since there [...]]]></description>
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The small-time truck drivers are angry, and they&#8217;re mostly angry with President Obama because they don&#8217;t feel like he&#8217;s taking their trade interests and their security seriously enough when it comes to the Mexico border.</p>
<p>Right now, the US truckers generally don&#8217;t have any incentive to go to Mexico and to be competitive there, since there are problems with drugs and violence, and also problems with the roads and businesses. Establishing cross-border trucking with Mexico is something that truckers want, but they haven&#8217;t got it yet and they are left wondering whether they are going to get it or whether they will have to do without much security or infrastructure if they try to deliver goods to Mexico.</p>
<p>Another problem with the current situation is that the Mexican government is not doing much to correct problems in their country, making it somewhat dangerous for truckers to go there to deliver goods or to pick them up. Cross border programs are what they want President Obama to address where the trucking industry is concerned.</p>
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		<title>Ohio Looking to Revive Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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Like any state, Ohio had projects that it wanted to work on, some of which were derailed by the economic problems that the country is facing. In order to get those back burner projects moving forward, it&#8217;s been proposed that there would be tolls used.
Toll roads are becoming increasingly uncommon in this country, but with [...]]]></description>
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Like any state, Ohio had projects that it wanted to work on, some of which were derailed by the economic problems that the country is facing. In order to get those back burner projects moving forward, it&#8217;s been proposed that there would be tolls used.</p>
<p>Toll roads are becoming increasingly uncommon in this country, but with the economy struggling and people having problems paying their bills, counties and states have started talking about instituting a policy of more tolls. The tolls could help pay for a link between Interstate 490 and University Circle on the east side of Cleveland.</p>
<p>Another project that has been sitting for some time and that the toll could revive would be the link that has been proposed between Portsmouth and Cincinnati. Roadway capacity would have to be studied and the projects that would be built would have to have importance for the state if tolls were to be approved on new construction roads, but it looks like a definite possibility that Ohioans and those who travel through the state will be seeing some tolls on their roads in the very near future, along with some new construction.</p>
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		<title>Truck Fee’s to Rise in Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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In the state of Colorado, the fees that trucks have to pay are going up. The vehicle registration fees are designed to pay for repairs to bridges and roads, and they amount to a lot of money over time for these projects. There will also be a two dollar a day increase in what a [...]]]></description>
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In the state of Colorado, the fees that trucks have to pay are going up. The vehicle registration fees are designed to pay for repairs to bridges and roads, and they amount to a lot of money over time for these projects. There will also be a two dollar a day increase in what a person will pay to rent a car. In addition to those expenses there could be some toll roads put in so that individuals who want to travel through the state can give some of their hard-earned money for construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.</p>
<p>The Senate voted the bill through by a narrow margin, so it will be up to the House to determine whether it will succeed or whether it will fail. It&#8217;s also possible that there will just be some changes made and the bill will continue to be passed around. It looks as though it will pass in some form, however, and trucks in Colorado will cost more to register.</p>
<p>While the money is needed for roads and bridges a lot of people are not very happy about paying extra to fund those projects.</p>
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		<title>Oil on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/oil-on-the-rise-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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After a period of decline, it seems as though oil is on the rise again, which is pushing both gasoline and diesel prices higher. While the price at the pump didn&#8217;t come down as much for diesel as it did for gasoline, both of them will be rising in the very near future, and some [...]]]></description>
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After a period of decline, it seems as though oil is on the rise again, which is pushing both gasoline and diesel prices higher. While the price at the pump didn&#8217;t come down as much for diesel as it did for gasoline, both of them will be rising in the very near future, and some of that is being blamed on issues surrounding the proposed stimulus package that the current Administration has laid out.</p>
<p>The plan is in the Senate, and whether it will clear is what is affecting the price of oil the most, although there are other factors. The price of a barrel of oil has now gone up past $41, and that hasn&#8217;t been seen in a while, since oil had the dramatic fall not that long ago.</p>
<p>With the economy fluctuating and struggling, it&#8217;s no surprise that oil is nowhere near the record levels of last summer, but it does appear that the stimulus package in some form will soon pass and that the price of oil will continue to rise because of it.</p>
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		<title>Is Deflation in the Near Future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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Once again, consumer prices have gone down. A lot of that has to do with the recent and dramatic fall in gasoline prices, but what you pay at the pump isn&#8217;t the only area that&#8217;s been affected. There are some concerns about deflation, but they are mostly low at this point. However, the change in [...]]]></description>
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Once again, consumer prices have gone down. A lot of that has to do with the recent and dramatic fall in gasoline prices, but what you pay at the pump isn&#8217;t the only area that&#8217;s been affected. There are some concerns about deflation, but they are mostly low at this point. However, the change in inflation last year was the smallest one that was seen in over fifty years, so deflation isn&#8217;t an impossibility.</p>
<p>The good news is that the drop in consumer prices wasn&#8217;t quite as high in December as the economists thought it would be. That doesn&#8217;t mean that the economy is recovering, but it does indicate that it may be closer to reaching the bottom. At that point it may stagnate for a while, but ultimately it will have to go back up.</p>
<p>Consumers had more spending power because of the lack of inflation, so the current economic crisis could actually be made worse if inflation had been on top of it. If deflation occurs it can be just as bad if not worse. Prices will fall, but so will buying power and confidence, and this kind of problem hasn&#8217;t been seen since the great depression.</p>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Truck Stop Offers More than a Fuel Fill up</title>
		<link>http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/pennsylvania-truck-stop-offers-more-than-a-fuel-fill-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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If you go to the truck stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, you can get more than just fuel for your truck. You can also get fuel for your body in the way of food and fuel for your soul in the way of prayer.
The truck stop doesn&#8217;t impose prayer on anyone, so if you&#8217;re not religious [...]]]></description>
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If you go to the truck stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, you can get more than just fuel for your truck. You can also get fuel for your body in the way of food and fuel for your soul in the way of prayer.</p>
<p>The truck stop doesn&#8217;t impose prayer on anyone, so if you&#8217;re not religious you don&#8217;t have to be uncomfortable stopping there. However, if you feel like you need a little bit more to keep you going in these troubled times, you can sit in the chapel and hear Jerry Weaver preach. There&#8217;s a Sunday morning service there, in a building made from a truck trailer, and all kinds of truckers from all kinds of backgrounds stop there to get some comfort and to share their worries, fears, hopes, and dreams with Weaver.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t come through on a Sunday that&#8217;s no problem, because Weaver is usually there anyway, and he&#8217;ll pray with you anytime. At sixty-seven he is retired and wants to help others when he&#8217;s not spending time with his six grandchildren. He knows how difficult things are so he brings hope and comfort to people before they get back out on the road.</p>
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		<title>Connecticut Likely to Say No to Tolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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In Connecticut, there are considerations underway about reinstating some of the tolls on the roads. However, anyone wanting to do this will have an uphill battle because individuals who drive those roads quite often aren&#8217;t interested in paying money to do so.
The idea of reinstating the tolls came about for two reasons – because of [...]]]></description>
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In Connecticut, there are considerations underway about reinstating some of the tolls on the roads. However, anyone wanting to do this will have an uphill battle because individuals who drive those roads quite often aren&#8217;t interested in paying money to do so.</p>
<p>The idea of reinstating the tolls came about for two reasons – because of the need for money in this flagging economy and also because there are serious problems with gridlock on many roads and it is hoped that having tolls will help reduce this, although it hasn&#8217;t been expressly stated how this would be the case. Those who study this issue do admit that placing tolls on existing toll-free roads would be a challenge and would likely meet with a great deal of public resistance.</p>
<p>The tolls disappeared in the 1980s, so most people have been used to toll-free roadways for a long time. Suddenly changing that would be problematic for a lot of reasons, and there are also other ideas that are being considered when it comes to how to raise more money without angering a lot of drivers and causing problems for them.</p>
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		<title>Lenders Give YRC an Extension</title>
		<link>http://masslogics.com/truckingnews/lenders-give-yrc-an-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MReed</dc:creator>
		
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In order to try to keep trucking company YRC from going under, its lenders have given it an extension on paying bills until the middle of February. This can allow discussions to amend its credit agreement to continue.
YRC had a few missteps that took place in 2007 and 2008, and since then the company has [...]]]></description>
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In order to try to keep trucking company YRC from going under, its lenders have given it an extension on paying bills until the middle of February. This can allow discussions to amend its credit agreement to continue.</p>
<p>YRC had a few missteps that took place in 2007 and 2008, and since then the company has had some trouble rebounding. However, this extension by its lenders is showing that they believe in what YRC is trying to do and that they believe that the company can restructure itself and straighten out its problems. This is good news not only for the company but for the trucking industry as well, because it indicates that there are lenders out there who understand the importance of the trucking industry, how much it&#8217;s struggling at this point in the economy, and that it will have a place when the economy recovers.</p>
<p>Allowing companies like YRC to go under could be very detrimental for the growth of the country, and since YRC&#8217;s debt ration appears to be improving, it may have a bright future in sight.</p>
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