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Iteris Inc., which makes safety systems for trucks, said Wednesday that flatbed carrier Melton Truck Lines will make Iteris’ lane departure warning systems standard equipment on about 1,000 new trucks over the next three years.

The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. reached a tentative contract early Wednesday to end the union’s two-day national strike, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises said Wednesday today that its board “is expressing no opinion and is remaining neutral” about an acquisition offer to take the truckload carrier private for $20.10 a share.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is doing a good job of targeting carriers that pose the highest risk of accidents, but fails to follow a 1999 law requiring that maximum fines be given to the most serious safety violators, a new government report said.

Durable goods orders in August saw their biggest drop in seven months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

American Trucking Associations’ August for-hire truck tonnage index rose 0.9% from a year ago but dipped 0.8% from July, ATA said Tuesday.

A New Jersey Department of Transportation plan released Tuesday recommends improvements in the state’s roadways and other freight passages to maximize the economic benefits of more efficient freight movement.

Existing homes sales fell in August to a five-year low, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.