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DETROIT — U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash.

Improving access to parking for the country’s truck drivers remains a priority for the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said recently.

WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration, Phillip Washington,  has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration.

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s long-standing push to cut train crews down to one person.

Roland Bolduc, the reigning National Truck Driving Championships grand champion, is training around the clock with a goal of returning to the winner’s circle this summer.

Florida Trucking Association and truckers are celebrating a law signed March 24 by Gov. Ron DeSantis that ends frivolous lawsuits filed by unscrupulous attorneys. 

Ford Motor Co. plans to make driver-assistance features central to the next electric F-Series pickup — so much so that you might be able to take a snooze at 60 mph.

The Georgia state Senate on March 23 approved a measure that would temporarily allow vehicles carrying forestry and agricultural products to weigh up to 88,000 pounds on Georgia roads.

The safety and connectivity of the transportation system would improve with adoption of President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request, Secretary Pete Buttigieg told senators March 23.

A vote on President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration was delayed indefinitely March 22 in the face of an opposition blitz by Republicans, who say the nominee lacks enough experience in aviation to lead the agency, which is under pressure to stem a surge in dangerous close calls between planes.