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U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico in June increased to $103 billion, up 10.2% from 2013, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Aug. 28.

The economy in the U.S. expanded more than previously forecast in the second quarter, propelled by the biggest gain in business investment in more than two years, which bodes well for the rest of 2014.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation chief Mark Gottlieb will ride with a truck driver to observe how the state’s regulations affect drivers.

The federal government is sending $2 million in emergency road funds to the California Department of Transportation and local governments to help begin immediate repairs to roads and bridges damaged by the earthquake Sunday in the Napa Valley.

Sen. Tom Carper said he will tour three transportation projects in Delaware on Aug. 28 to emphasize the importance of infrastructure in his state and what could be lost if a new surface funding plan is not passed soon.

The ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee criticized the Obama administration for its handling of bridge safety reform, citing a DOT inspector general’s report for highlighting “shortcomings in federal oversight and management of highway bridge safety.”

American Trucking Associations and an industry coalition sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx urging that scores from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program be removed from its website.

Linda Bauer Darr, a Washington transportation trade group executive, will become president of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association when current leader Richard Timmons retires at the end of 2014.