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The Texas Department of Transportation said that existing highways could be incorporated into the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor, a planned 4,000 mile superhighway that would incorporate tolling and truck-only lanes.

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.1% in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Retail sales rose 0.2% in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The Transportation Safety Administration said that that beginning Thursday, some 23,000 workers from the Port of Savannah, including truck drivers, are expected to enroll in the Department of 91��Ƶland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program.

LTL carrier Estes Express Lines, Richmond, Va., said Monday it will expand its direct service area by opening four new terminals in the Midwest, allowing the company to offer direct coverage in all 50 states and providing customers with expanded next-day shipping options.

An amendment that would have blocked tolling on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania was dropped from the 2008 federal transportation appropriations legislation, said the congressmen who introduced the measure

Lawmakers preserved language in a transportation funding bill that would block a federal pilot program allowing Mexican trucking companies to operate inside the United States, news services reported Friday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is likely to “slow noticeably” this quarter while high commodity prices and a weaker dollar may stoke inflation “for a time,” Bloomberg News reported Thursday.