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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 ...

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 •

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he closing of the Consolidated Freightways system came as a complete shock to the vast majority of employees, with absolutely no advance notice. The bankruptcy courts should never allow a filing without compliance with the federal plant-closing warning act.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s general economic index rose to 2.3 in September, recovering form August’s reading of –3.1.

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.

Daimler to Take Mitsubishi Stake Sept. 20, Reuters Says • Western Ports Accuse Workers of Slowdown • Jobless Claims Decline, but Higher Than Expected • Bush Not Seeking New Tax Cuts This Year, Paper Says • And more...

Senate Panel Likely to Vote on Airport Screening Delay • Delphi Launches New Security Technology • Senate Democrats Trying to Forge Security Compromise • Senate Committee Questions Transportation Security.