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The California Air Resources Board has adopted two new rules requiring carriers to add expensive emission-control devices to their trucks and to use fuel-saving equipment endorsed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name retiring Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood to be his transportation secretary.

U.S. fuel prices continued their steep three-month declines last week, even as the cartel of oil-producing nations announced a record cut in production in an attempt to lift global oil prices in 2009.

President-elect Barack Obama Friday formally named Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) to be his Transportation Secretary and Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) to be Secretary of Labor.

Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc.’s emissions subsidiary will lay off about 100 workers at a Wisconsin plant, effective immediately, because of the slumping North American truck market, the company said.

The Bush administration Friday approved an emergency $17.4 billion bailout of the U.S. auto industry, offering loans in exchange for concessions from automakers and their workers, the Associated Press reported.

Ryder System will scale back its international business and cut 700 U.S. jobs while temporarily laying off 1,425 workers and focusing its operations on the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Class 8 trucks rolled up 139.3 billion miles in 2006, up from 130.5 billion in 2005, according to American Trucking Associations’ American Trucking Trends 2008-2009 report, released this week.

The Truck Manufacturers Association has named Timothy Blubaugh as its president.