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President-elect Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure investment proposal is no more than “massive tax breaks to large companies” that would miss on long-term benefits for the economy, former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said this week.

Old River Truck Sales acquired three locations along the Interstate 10 corridor in southern Louisiana selling Mack and Volvo brand trucks, bringing its total to six in the region.

As he transitions into power, President-elect Donald Trump has tapped infrastructure privatization proponents and Washington lobbyists to help him assemble a transportation team that would be ready to implement his big transformation of the country’s congested roads and rickety bridges.

President-elect Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure investment proposal he plans to advance during the first 100 days of his administration will be considered with an open mind by Senate Democrats, the Democratic leader in the upper chamber said over the weekend.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has lifted a prohibition that prevented Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from leasing their equipment to U.S. motor carriers.

In one of her final public speeches before leaving her post as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy said that grass-roots demand for clean air, energy and water will continue to allow the agency to make progress protecting the environment, even in the face of challenges when Donald Trump becomes president.

New Jersey is the latest state to implement virtual weigh stations.

The Federal Reserve’s advice to President- elect Donald Trump on the U.S. economy, repeated on Nov. 21 by Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, is crystal clear: Use the power of the public purse to make American workers more productive.

The upset in the presidential election was understandably the biggest news Nov. 8, but plenty of change also is coming for the leadership of transportation legislative committees in the 50 states.