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Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.2% in December, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Housing starts dropped 4% in December while building permits rose to the highest level in a year, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

UPS Inc. said it has deployed 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas to cities in Colorado and California.

In a legal maneuver designed to bolster its defense in a federal lawsuit filed by truck manufacturer Navistar Inc., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised its 2010 engine selective catalytic reduction guidance to remove a specific requirement limiting the hours and miles a truck can operate after its urea tank runs dry.

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission has issued a proposed rule that would limit the number of oil and gas futures contracts investors can hold.

WASHINGTON — Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, told Transport Topics the agency was committed to meeting its deadline to revise the driver hours-of-service rule.

American Trucking Associations said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to compel the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue a long-overdue hours-of-service supporting documents regulation.

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last week he expected the Obama administration and Congress would agree on a surface transportation bill that could be finalized before the end of the year.

An economist with lots of experience in freight transportation has some interesting things to say that directly challenge the railroad industry’s extensive advertising blitz apparently aimed at convincing Americans that their way is the green way.