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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said the Federal Highway Administration has granted the state preliminary approval to toll Interstate 95 under a pilot program.

Consumer confidence rose this month from its lowest level in almost three years, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

The U.S. Senate approved a short-term extenstion of transportation funding that averts a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and will provide continued funding for federal highway programs.

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal court to dismiss a Navistar Inc. lawsuit seeking to require that the agency test selective catalytic reduction engines with the emissions systems disabled or used improperly.

Trucking companies are facing significant delays and detours around Louisville following a sudden bridge closure on Interstate 64.

WASHINGTON — Component manufacturer Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems offered instructions on the capabilities and complexity of North American trucks to federal officials here last week so that government might better understand how to interact with the industry.

Global petroleum provider Shell Oil Co. unveiled a major push to promote natural gas in North American freight transportation, saying that it aims to produce liquefied natural gas suitable for commercial vehicles in a plant near Calgary, Alberta, by 2013.

UPS Inc. last week set ambitious financial targets based on annual profit growth of about 10% companywide, while also announcing a new residential package delivery service with a two-hour delivery window option.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Western Star, the severe service and specialty subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, aims to double its market share in the heavy-duty category over the next three years, according to company officials.