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Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded in October at the highest rate in four months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday.

Greatwide Logistics Services said Oct. 7 it has substantially increased the operations capacity and capabilities of its transportation operations center by implementing new software programs.

These Letters to the Editor appear in the Oct. 18 print edition of Transport Topics.

President Obama last week pushed Congress to move forward with a $50 billion spending package for transportation infrastructure, his second such plea in five weeks.

A coalition of industry groups, including American Trucking Associations, touted its own voluntary efforts toward improving environmental sustainability as part of its push toward what it called “responsible” energy policies.

The U.S. trade deficit widened by 8.8% in August, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell 0.3% in September on lower oil prices, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

President Obama called on federal lawmakers to back his initiative to spend $50 billion to modernize the country’s infrastructure and help reduce unemployment, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Intermodal facilities at the Port of New York and New Jersey were enhanced recently with the raising of two tunnels to allow double-stacked containers to travel on rails from the port to the Midwest and beyond.

For the first time in 37 years, federal regulators are proposing tougher standards for truck tire performance, including new speed tests.