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U.S. drivers spent less time in traffic delays in 2007 for the first time in at least 25 years, a new study showed.

Third-party logistics firm Quiet Logistics has tripled the capacity in its Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System in less than six months, Kiva said.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close 18 of the state’s highway rest areas later this month, but the truck parking spaces lost will be replaced at other rest areas, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. economy’s service sector improved last month, showing the smallest level of contraction in nine months, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

A leading Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee proposed taxing speculative oil trades to kill two birds with one stone: Boost highway funding and reduce the effect of speculation on fuel prices.

U.S. orders for new trailers put in their best two-month performance in a year through May, leading original equipment manufacturers to express cautious optimism for their industry. However, major OEMs would not declare the recession at an end.

In the four months since President Obama signed a more than $770 billion stimulus package, House transportation leaders said states have approved projects that would distribute more than half of the money available for road and bridge projects.

With the White House standing in his path and a pair of well-placed senators lining up with the administration, the guessing game in Washington is how long House Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar can keep his six-year highway reauthorization bill alive in Congress.