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DALLAS — Omnitracs and its expanding collection of trucking technology businesses will move forward as “one team,” collaborating on product development to help trucking firms improve their operations, the company’s chief executive said.

An Obama administration six-year, $478 billion legislative proposal that would boost capacity along roadways to reduce freight bottlenecks will be unveiled in the coming weeks, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told House transportation lawmakers on Feb. 11.

Less than two weeks after the Obama administration unveiled a six-year, $478 billion transportation proposal, DOT chief Anthony Foxx appeared before the GOP-led House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at 10 a.m. EST today.

A rule that would require stability control systems on trucks and buses is a step closer to becoming a reality.

WASHINGTON — Revenue that would come from an overhaul of the country’s tax system should go toward rehabilitating the country’s aging infrastructure, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said at a high-profile chat at the Brookings Institution on Feb. 9.

The fiscal 2016 White House budget request released last week anchors its transportation segment with a six-year, $478.26 billion surface transportation plan that includes an $18 billion freight program.

Two conflicting court decisions have muddied the legal waters on how a motor carrier should respond when a driver self-reports a problem with alcohol.

A California state court has awarded seven drayage drivers for an XPO Logistics subsidiary $2.2 million in an ongoing battle over worker classification, which could intensify with further legal action.

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House would allow states to capitalize infrastructure banks with federal money to help underwrite local transportation projects.