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The portion of Interstate 95 running through Virginia would have one tolling location — near the North Carolina state line — under a plan Virginia is preparing for the federal government.

Crashes involving trucks in Minnesota declined 4% in 2011 compared with 2010 and the number of fatalities dropped 45%, according to the latest annual truck crash report released this month by the state’s Department of Public Safety.

Colorado plans to place 20 video monitors in truck stops around the state that will allow truckers and other travelers to view real-time conditions on the road ahead.

A new law signed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley in May took effect immediately to protect truckers from having to choose between accepting loads and signing contracts that indemnify them.

The New York State Thruway Authority may raise truck tolls 45% to help refinance its debt and pay for a $1.5 billion highway improvement program.

Efforts to protect the nation’s transportation system from terrorist attack should promote information sharing between the public and private sectors and focus on areas most at risk, a trucking executive told a Congressional panel.

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to create a multimodal freight initiative within the Department of Transportation.

The Senate has named 14 of its members to serve on the conference committee tasked with ironing out House-Senate differences on a long-term transportation funding bill.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation that as of 2014 repeals the state’s 56-year-old property tax on trucks, tractors and trailers.