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Despite a federal appellate court ruling tossing out a new mandate that would eventually have required all motor carriers to install electronic on-board recorders in their vehicles, several fleets said they would press forward with their plans to add the devices.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems said it has recently enhanced its engine braking technology to include engine decompression capability.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has rescinded a federal grant that Ohio was using to study privatizing the Ohio Turnpike, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.

Plaintiffs in a suit against Eaton Corp. and major truck manufacturers claimed a victory after a federal judge turned aside defendants’ efforts to dismiss the case.

PTG Logistics has ordered 70 SmartWay Great Dane composite-plate trailers.

Highway safety advocates and the Teamsters union have written to President Obama asking him to “expeditiously more forward” on the new hours of service rule proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The Interstate 64 bridge spanning the Ohio River between Louisville, Ky., and southern Indiana must be closed for six months, transportation officials said.

Allowing Mexican trucks to haul freight across the U.S. border does not pose the kind of “significant” truck-emissions issues that would require a full environmental impact study, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.