CABT Website Redesign
The CABT website is changing. Over the next few weeks we will be streamlining our existing content and adding clear evidence to support limits on truck size and weight. Interactive maps, state-specific information, and an increased focus on the dangers trucks pose to our infrastructure will keep you informed on the bigger truck debate. Thank you for choosing CABT as your source for news and facts about truck size and weight.
News Stories
Trucking industry should be taxed for its true cost
All in all, an 80,000-pound truck, historically the maximum allowed in many
states, may do 5,000 times or more as much damage as a single passenger auto.
Studies repeatedly show that the fuel taxes paid by heavy trucks cover barely
half the wear they impose on public highways. More...
Blowout emphasizes infrastructure crisis
The Louisiana Good Roads & Transportation Association points out that the
state has more than 6,000 miles of bad rural roads. The association says, "Many
of our state's bridges are more than 40 years old, dilapidated and in need of
repair." More...
Taking Trucking's News Measures
Size and weight battle lines being drawn as trucking productivity moves to forefront. More...
Newsletters
February 2006 Newsletter Stories
Still fighting in Minnesota, Wisconsin DOT is on our side, new CABT National Field Director. More...
Newsletters Archive
Press Releases
Unprecedented Committee Switches Push Big Truck Bill to Senate Vote Despite Statewide Opposition
A bill that would allow big trucks to get bigger and that could destroy
state and county roads and bridges is being rammed through the
legislature by Senate leaders. More...
DOT Study Finds Heavy Truck Bill Would Add Huge New State and Local Highway Costs
The Wisconsin Department released a report that AB 678 could add as
much as $2.15 bill in new taxpayers costs to repair or replace bridges
damaged by heavy trucks. More...
Press Releases Archive