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In response to the Los Angeles Port Authority’s looming ban on owner-operators, it never ceases to amaze me that our governmental bodies believe they have autonomous authority over all things.

Hundreds of trucks blocked traffic in central London Tuesday to protest soaring diesel prices there, the Associated Press reported.

California work crews will close parts of Interstate 5 in Sacramento starting Friday, the California Department of Transportation said on its Web site.

Consumer confidence fell to a 16-year low this month, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Thousands of U.S. truckers unable to make money because of rising fuel prices are selling their trucks, in what may be the biggest cut in the U.S. trucking fleet since trucking deregulation in 1980, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

New home sales increased 3.3% in April, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Knight Transportation said Tuesday its board increased its quarterly dividend to 4 cents a share, from 3 cents.

Digital map provider Navteq said it has released version 3.0 of its Traffic Patterns North America database.

The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that included a tax break for companies purchasing trucks with auxiliary power units or advanced insulation by exempting the cost of those items from the federal excise tax on trucks.