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President Obama will nominate retired Army Major Gen. Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration, the White House said Monday.

The rules are changing for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s “SafeStat” audits for trucking companies.

U.S. intermodal rail traffic increased 17.5% in the week ended Saturday compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Anger over closed rest stops in Arizona has spurred a state legislator to propose allowing entities other than the state to pay to keep rest stops open, the New York Times reported Friday.

Who is paying the legal costs for the Port of Los Angeles to pursue the “employee only” model? How much taxpayer money is being wasted on a lost cause that has been reviewed and re-reviewed in the courts?

Things are getting better. That was the consensus most analysts have reached after looking at recent weeks’ economic numbers, and it was the nearly unanimous opinion of people attending the Truckload Carriers Association convention last week in Las Vegas.

After Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) agreed last week to stop blocking legislation that extends the federal highway program, the Senate ap-proved the 30-day extension, allowing state transportation agencies to resume construction projects they had shut down.

Mack Trucks executives said they are pleased with the functioning of their new 2010 selective catalytic reduction engines and will market the attributes of the power plants as the truck maker tries to regain sales volumes and market share through 2011.