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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has closed 7,500 commercial driver training schools in a first year of enforcing federal laws governing trucking to increase road safety.

The Trump administration hosted 55 countries at a critical-minerals summit Feb. 4, pitching price floors and a flood of U.S. private equity in a bid to reduce dependence on China.

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Access to parking for the nation’s commercial drivers will increase because of recent legislation Congress and President Donald Trump approved Feb. 3.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is asking major diesel engine OEMs to provide critical data about diesel exhaust fluid system failures to remedy equipment problems for truckers and farmers.

The Republican-led Senate will be next to consider the nominees who, if confirmed, would join Secretary Sean Duffy’s leadership team at the Department of Transportation.

Vehicles including Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3, BMW’s iX3, and other models by many Chinese brands feature retractable car door handles that could be subject to the new rules.

A bill is moving through both legislative chambers in Florida that would allow impoundment of a commercial vehicle with a $50,000 fine if the owner has an undocumented driver operating it.

Pennsylvania has added truck parking at 24 sites, while Arizona opened a new lot on Interstate 17 where demand is high. Both states are in the midst of plans to rapidly increase availability.

Judge Alison Conlon ordered Jan. 28 that Cook County’s use of $243 million in transportation tax revenues during the 2023 fiscal year violated the state constitution's Safe Roads Amendment.