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The first extended network of natural gas filling stations could be running in a few years, the head of the nation’s largest natural-gas fuel distributor said April 13.

The Government Accountability Office last week issued two reports that found flaws in the Transportation Department’s process for awarding $9.5 billion in federal stimulus grants, drawing sharp criticism from some Republican members of Congress.

Federal regulators should abandon a proposed rule that would restrict transportation of flammable liquids in the pipes used to load and unload gasoline and other flammable products, the chairman of American Trucking Associations told a House panel last week.

Legislation that would allow states to increase maximum vehicle weights to 97,000 pounds on interstate highways has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The outlook for brokerage firms is mostly positive, despite compressed margins and inflationary cost pressures, industry officials and analysts said.

The Transportation Department said its recently unveiled three-year pilot program to allow Mexican trucks to enter the United States combines multiple safety-related steps with a new approach to determine the level of participation.

The average price for a gallon of U.S. retail diesel rose above $4 last week for the first time in two-and-a-half years and will likely remain there through 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

An Illinois appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that freight forwarder C.H. Robinson Worldwide is liable for damages in a case stemming from a fatal truck accident in 2004.

Five trucking industry associations filed comments recently opposing a plan to require motor carriers to buy permits to park in Washington, D.C.