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Ryder System has ordered 202 heavy-duty natural gas trucks, which it will deploy to southern California later this year.

Trailer Bridge Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $2.9 million, or 24 cents per share, compared with a profit of $1 million, or 8 cents, a year ago.

U.S. traffic deaths fell 3% last year to the lowest level on record, even as vehicle miles traveled rose, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported Friday.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a two-year low rate of 8.8% in March as the economy added about 216,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.

Phil Gaines was appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of YRC Inc., the national less-than-truckload operating subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, the company said.

President Barack Obama said the lower unemployment rate figure released Friday shows the economy is showing signs of strength, the Associated Press reported.

American Truck Dealers said it will focus on how to mitigate the possible negative effects of regulatory and legislative actions during its annual convention April 15-18 in Phoenix.

Barbara Windsor, chairman of American Trucking Associations, told a congressional panel that the next surface transportation reauthorization measure should feature more effective highway-focused programs.

ARLINGTON, Va. — House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) told a group of shippers he plans to get a long-term transportation reauthorization bill passed before Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.