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This is in reference to the editorial “Fixing the EOBR Rule.” What we need to fix the electronic onboard recorder rule — and many other inane decisions by activist jurists — is a little real-world common sense.

Global petroleum provider Shell Oil Co. unveiled a major push to promote natural gas in North American freight transportation, saying that it aims to produce liquefied natural gas suitable for commercial vehicles in a plant near Calgary, Alberta, by 2013.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Western Star, the severe service and specialty subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, aims to double its market share in the heavy-duty category over the next three years, according to company officials.

Trucking companies are facing significant delays and detours around Louisville following a sudden bridge closure on Interstate 64.

UPS Inc. last week set ambitious financial targets based on annual profit growth of about 10% companywide, while also announcing a new residential package delivery service with a two-hour delivery window option.

Class 8 U.S. retail truck sales soared in August by 70.8% — the highest increase since 2004 — and crossed the 15,000-vehicle mark for the first time since 2007.

Congress last week approved a short-term measure to extend federal surface transportation spending and the federal fuel tax system that helps fund it until March 31.

The average price of U.S. retail diesel dipped 0.6 cent a gallon to $3.862 last week following two weeks of increases, the Department of Energy reported.

We agree with President Obama that federal funding of infrastructure projects is a great way to help spark the national economy and get Americans working.