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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The future of federal transportation policy is a major question as the Republican Party prepares to take control of the House of Representatives, the National Industrial Transportation League’s president said.

Broad-based growth in heavy-duty truck sales slowed in October, as Volvo and Daimler’s two brands grew by more than 40% each, but the four other major nameplates all slipped below their low October 2009 totals.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week that it was making several changes to its CSA safety monitoring system that industry officials said would shield the industry from misleading interpretations.

WASHINGTON — Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), the outgoing chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said the failure to pass a new highway spending bill was perhaps his greatest regret in his nearly half-century working on transportation policy.

A Michigan state senator said he will call for a vote before the legislative session ends in December on whether the state should move ahead with plans to build a new, publicly owned toll bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Environmental groups said they back the Obama administration’s push to set standards for heavy- and medium-duty truck fuel efficiency, and last week, they called for making the standards even tougher.

A federal judge is scheduled next month to sentence two participants in a conspiracy by two New York City-area tank-truck firms accused of jointly skimming an estimated $75 million in heating oil from customers over a 17-year period.

The average cost of a gallon of diesel in the United States jumped to a two-year high last week after prices climbed 6.8 cents to $3.184 in the Department of Energy’s survey of retail filling stations.

UPS Inc. said Friday it will sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm.

The outgoing chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has urged Congress to approve a one-year extension of current highway legislation so the new Congress that convenes in January will have time to “come to agreement on a funding mechanism for a six-year bill.”