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A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed rule that would require commercial vehicles operating across interstates to display a certification label to note their safety would not reduce the risk of crashes, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) told the agency this month.

Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September as a resilient labor market helped Americans shake off the effects of tumbling stock prices.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is scheduled to expand on the role of public-private partnerships, or P3s, at an event at the Port of Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 1.

The American Transportation Research Institute is nearing completion of research that will support claims by many motor carriers that eliminating nonpreventable crashes from their safety profiles would significantly improve their Compliance, Safety Accountability crash scores, according to a top ATRI researcher.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Volkswagen cheated on air-pollution rules for its diesel cars with a defeat device, reminiscent of 1998 when heavy-duty truck manufacturers were doing the same thing.

Federal regulators have taken steps to push the trucking industry toward greater adoption of low-rolling-resistance tires on trucks and trailers in the years ahead, but developing these increasingly efficient tires involves more than simply tweaking a rubber compound, manufacturers said.