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New regulations unveiled Aug. 16 calling on heavy-duty truck makers to reduce emissions is the latest example of the Obama administration’s extreme regulatory agenda, a senior House Republican told Transport Topics.

Railroad operators around the country got a boost from federal regulators in their efforts to implement the automatic braking system known as positive train control.

Groups representing state transportation agencies said they want congressional funding leaders returning to Washington next month to ensure that state transportation departments are not stripped of funds they could use for big-scale infrastructure projects.

It is unconstitutional for the New York State Thruway Authority to use millions of dollars in toll revenue paid by commercial truckers to maintain the state’s canal system, a federal judge ruled Aug. 10.

The takeaway for the country’s top highway official after recent conversations with commercial transportation managers in Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia is that freight dollars must be invested efficiently.

It is unconstitutional for the New York State Thruway Authority to use millions of dollars in toll revenue paid by commercial truckers to maintain the state’s canal system, a federal judge ruled Aug. 10.

The Senate on July 14 confirmed Scott Darling as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. His nomination received unanimous consent in a vote on the eve of a seven-week congressional recess.

WASHINGTON — A congressional tax-writing committee will include in a tax-reform package next year, a long-term plan to keep the Highway Trust Fund sustainable, the House lawmaker tasked with overseeing highway funding told Transport Topics.