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This is a pivotal moment for our nation’s commitment to investing in transportation infrastructure. The Interstate Highway System has been built, but it no longer meets all our needs and is showing its age.

PRINCETON, N.J. — There could be an “instantaneous capacity shortage” in the United States this year or next because of a “perfect storm” fed by an aging, shrinking truck fleet and a lack of good drivers, said Paul Will, president and chief operating officer of Celadon Group.

Horizon Lines Inc., the ocean carrier that provides service between the U.S. mainland and Alaska as well as other locations, said it lost $33.3 million in the fiscal first quarter ended March 27, a loss that was nearly three times greater than the comparable 2010 period.

Oil took its biggest weekly plunge in more than two years this week, falling almost $17 to near $97 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

When we read or watch news reports concerning the devastation caused by natural disasters, we usually are able to relate to the tragedies on a human level.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is reopening its hours-of-service proposed rule to public comments in order to allow review of four new studies.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems reported a first-quarter profit of $4.4 million, or 14 cents a share, up from $940,000, or 5 cents, a year ago.

U.S. workers’ productivity slowed in the first quarter as employers hired more workers, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell last week by the most since August, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said its first-quarter profit improved on higher revenue led by stronger intermodal and logistics operations.