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The price of diesel fuel rose 0.3 cent per gallon last week, its sixth straight increase, to $1.417, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Va. Considers Ways to Improve I-81 • CTA 'Pleased' With Driver Hours Rules • FedEx Express Upgrades Aircraft • Survey Sees New Fed Rate Cut Unlikely • And more...

The Alabama Trucking Association and American Trucking Associations have sued Alabama officials, trying to stop the state from ticketing truckers that used third parties to register their trucks in Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON — President Bush ordered federal agencies to speed environmental reviews for major transportation projects, arguing that excessive red tape had impeded the construction of airports and highways.

Amtrak President Considers Cutting Freight Service • Mayor to Fight to Save Canadian Truck Plant • West Coast Port Employers Call Off Shutdown • Fed Unlikely to Change Rates, Sources Say • And more ...

As part of a plan to expand its truck operations in Asia, DaimlerChrysler AG said Friday it has agreed to pay $1.14 billion for stakes in the truck divisions of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co., Bloomberg reported.

Problems Seen Persisting With Cell-Based 911 Calls • N.J. Secretly Suspended E-ZPass Fines During Summer • ATRI Launches New Web Site • New Penn Enhances Web Site for Customers •

Led by a decline in work on single-family homes, U.S. home construction declined 2.2% for the third straight month in August to an annual pace of 1.609 million units, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed at its Osaka, Japan meeting Thursday to leave production limits at their current 11-year low, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n unprecedented string of criminal prosecutions of truck drivers and trucking companies related to hours-of-service violations undercuts the notion that these are merely regulatory infractions carrying civil penalties.