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A coalition representing highway users said Friday it has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to reject a request from the Pennsylvania for permission to toll Interstate 80 in that state.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico jumped 6.6% in June from a year ago, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.

A good rule of thumb is that you cannot appreciate truck drivers too much. But we’re convinced that expression of admiration for what America’s 3.5 million professional drivers accomplish on a daily basis carries a certain value.

The Transportation Security Administration for the first time has used a mobile X-ray machine capable of screening contents of large cargo containers to check trucks entering Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the Associated Press reported.

The transportation industry is in a dangerous place, one where even well-known industry players such as Jevic Transportation, which closed its doors in May, and Jim Palmer Trucking, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, can go under — taking their employees with them.

Freightliner Trucks, part of Daimler Trucks North America, said it will offer Meritor WABCO’s new automatic forward-collision warning and braking system on its models Cascadia and Century Class S/T tractors.

American Trucking Associations said it supports a bipartisan comprehensive energy bill that calls for domestic oil drilling, tax incentives and alternative energy research to lower the price of fuel.

The U.S. retail diesel average fell another 14.6 cents to $4.207 a gallon last week, extending the most pronounced drop in two years to a fifth consecutive week, the Department of Energy reported.

The Teamsters union, which represents 9,500 employees of bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp., said hopes for the company’s successful emergence from bankruptcy were dimming, the Kansas City Star reported.

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said the Bush administration’s plan to encourage more local and private involvement in transportation funding hinges on support from business leaders and state officials, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.