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The federal agency responsible for investigating transportation accidents is pushing to have some of the same safety standards required for tractor-trailers established for smaller trucks.

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said President Obama will soon announce a sweeping infrastructure funding plan.

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a key figure in national transportation policy over the past 30 years, died last week after a lengthy illness. He was 89.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirmed Friday it will propose changes to the presentation of its safety-rankings system later this year.

American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves has written a letter to the governor of New Jersey, urging him to veto a bill that would reclassify most drayage and parcel truck owner-operators as employees.

A Senate panel may vote today on the confirmation of Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary, a vote that would send him to the full Senate for its consideration.

The Teamsters union and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have asked a federal court to reconsider its April decision that upheld the government’s cross-border Mexican trucking plan, saying the decision conflicts with the law.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector increased in May, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board asked federal regulators Tuesday to apply some safety technology requirements to straight trucks, vans and pickup trucks that currently only apply to heavy trucks, saying those components could increase safety and prevent deaths.