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A proposal to negotiate a new hours of service rule for truck drivers was criticized this week by highway safety advocate Joan Claybrook and Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn.

Lawmakers heard differing points of view this week on whether the railroad industry should be re-regulated at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board.

Federal aviation and maritime programs would receive more money if the House Transportation Committee is able to enact a plan to remove annual spending caps on the programs’ trust funds over the next two years.

Transit Group agreed to buy Massengill Trucking Services for a combination of cash and stock.

After a two week decline, the national average diesel price edged up slightly this week to 95.6 cents per gallon, up from 95.3 cents per gallon the previous week, according to the Energy Information Department.

Freightliner Corporation has agreed to acquire an ownership interest in TravelCenters of America, a network of full-service highway travel centers in the U.S.

A federal appeals court has upheld the federal motor carrier safety ratings system, rejecting trucking’s claims that the process is “arbitrary and capricious” and based on unsound methodology.

A new group comprised of municipal officials from across the country has taken aim at railroad safety.

United Road Services, Albany, N.Y., has purchased three auto haulers and a towing company, and agreed to buy two other businesses, adding to its expanding network of towing, recovery and transport companies.