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LOS ANGELES — A task force appointed by Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn unveiled a 73-point pollution control initiative Dec. 29, aimed at bringing emissions from the Port of Los Angeles down to 2001 levels..

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The combined average price for all grades of gasoline declined more than 3 cents a gallon to $1.82 between Dec. 17 and Friday, according to the Lundberg survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.

U.S. transportation and logistics firms said last week they are donating expertise, manpower, equipment and money to help South Asian communities devastated by the earthquake-induced tsunami of Dec. 26, joining a worldwide effort by government agencies and humanitarian relief organizations.

Employers added 157,000 workers to payrolls in December and the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 5.4%, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has withdrawn its proposal to require trucks to carry a sticker certifying they were manufactured in accordance with the safety standards in effect when they were made, said the Office of Management and Budget.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. find it folly that the Transportation Security Administration is so preoccupied with U.S. driver screening, while the North American Free Trade Agreement floodgate opens the door to Mexican drivers with no background controls whatsoever.

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The Department of Transportation said late Thursday its transportation services index jumped 1.3% in October to a new record, and the freight TSI also rose..

Led by a surge in new truck registrations by general freight carriers, the number of heavy-duty vehicles in use for all types of operations expanded by more than 80,000 in the third quarter from the same period in 2003, according to research firm R.L. Polk & Co.