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Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) said he would like to lease the Ohio Turnpike to a private operator for $3 billion in cash.

Thirty-one state trucking associations have asked the federal government to study safety issues posed by snow and ice accumulation on trucks.

The cost of U.S. traffic congestion has jumped to $115 billion in 2009 from $24 billion in 1982, and trucks are shouldering a disproportionate share of the cost, according to a report released this week.

The speed limit for cars and trucks on the Ohio Turnpike will go from 65 to 70 miles an hour starting April 1, a change that the state’s trucking industry opposes.

With winter moving into the southern states, Georgia and South Carolina have suspended the hours-of-service requirements for truckers hauling fuel.

The Idaho Department of Transportation will hold public hearings Wednesday and Thursday after a judge said the department must consider complaints about ConocoPhillips’ plan to ship large loads of equipment along winding highway U.S. 12.

When tolling starts sometime this spring on the State Route 520 Bridge across Lake Washington west from Seattle, trucks could pay from $2.40 to $14.50 each way to cross.

As of Nov. 30, New York truckers that add auxiliary power units to their rigs to cut down on idling can receive a 400-pound exemption from the 80,000-pound truck weight limit.

A blue-ribbon committee that spent two years studying how to pay for road improvements in Arkansas has unveiled a list of possibilities that includes higher fuel taxes.