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A new report by the Ontario government recommends that the legislature consider road tolling for trucks and cars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fund mass transit infrastructure.

State transportation officials are concerned that shortages of the paint used for road stripes could slow highway construction this summer, CNN reported.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said airfreight tonnage has risen 40% in the first three months of 2010 compared to last year, the Associated Press reported.

The motorist group AAA said that travel over the Memorial Day weekend will jump 5.4% from a year ago as an improved economy prompts more Americans to hit the road, Reuters reported.

Consumer personal spending stalled in April, halting an eight-month run of increases, the Commerce Department said Friday.

U.S. consumer confidence increased this month, according to the latest Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

WASHINGTON — The chances of Congress approving a long-term highway bill this year are slim, key congressional staff members said, and several added that if a bill isn’t passed early in 2011, then it may be dead until after the next presidential election.

WASHINGTON — A week after President Obama announced that the federal government would be crafting the first-ever fuel economy standards for large trucks, observers said it was still unclear exactly what those standards would entail.