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Several U.S. senators have criticized the Obama administration’s plan to use $4 billion to create a new national infrastructure bank to help finance transportation projects, questioning how the bank would operate and whether rural projects would lose funding to larger urban areas.

Navistar International Corp. said Tuesday it is expanding its financing relationship with GE Capital, under which GE will become Navistar’s preferred financing provider for Navistar’s U.S. trucks and school buses.

Nearly 90 proposals in 24 states and Congress would “undercut” independent contractor classification and subject carriers using owner-operators to “greater scrutiny and exposure,” according to a new American Trucking Associations’ owner-operator classification alert.

A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in Colorado has been closed indefinitely after a huge rock slide Monday.

The market for radio frequency identification technologies will grow through the next five years, ABI Research predicted in a report.

Bose Corp. officials have set the retail price for a sophisticated new heavy-duty truck seat, which is now available for purchase, at $5,995.

LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm Inc. unveiled here its new Analytics Manager Service, which the company said would allow fleets to monitor driver performance and safety more easily.

A proposed federal rule that triples to $3,000 the annual registration fee for large motor carriers who haul hazardous materials but maintains a $300 fee for small carriers places an unfair burden on large carriers, American Trucking Associations said.

Navistar International Corp. said its joint venture to build commercial trucks with Caterpillar Inc. will begin selling vehicles in Australia by the middle of this year.