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With the nation’s transportation system facing a shortage of skilled talent, many industry executives, academic experts and government officials are calling for a national effort to attract and train more people for transportation-related jobs — from truck drivers and warehouse managers to highway engineers and public policymakers.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jeffrey Schlecht, who won the Technology & Maintenance Council’s Super-Tech competition last year, repeated as grand champion last week.

Driver turnover among larger fleets rose modestly in the second quarter, but declined slightly at smaller fleets that traditionally have greater success in retaining drivers, American Trucking Associations reported last week.

The Federal Highway Administration has given Virginia approval to begin the process of imposing tolls on Interstate 95, the busiest north-south corridor on the East Coast.

The Federal Reserve Wednesday maintained a pledge it made last month to hold the benchmark interest rate near zero through the middle of 2013 as long as unemployment stays high and the inflation outlook is “subdued,” Bloomberg reported.

The American Transportation Research Institute in a new report has identified the worst traffic bottlenecks affecting truckers around the country.

An index of leading economic indicators continued to rise in August, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

A Senate committee passed a measure that would permanently allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on Maine and Vermont’s interstate highways.

The new Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans has opened, replacing the twin spans wrecked by Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast six years ago.