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State and local governments are experimenting with new ways of generating funds for highway work as gasoline taxes fail to generate adequate revenue for such projects, the USA Today reported Monday.

European buyers now have the option of equipping a new Mercedes-Benz Actros so that it can “clamp down” the full braking power of tractor and trailer — without any action by the driver, but only in certain emergency situations.

ASHINGTON — A coalition of truck makers, trailer manufacturers and government officials here showed aerodynamic equipment for trucks and trailers that resulted from a two-year partnership of four major truck makers and the Department of Energy to develop more aerodynamic heavy trucks. br clear="all">

Less than truckload carrier Pitt Ohio Express and The CEI Group, an accident and risk-management firm, have partnered to launch TruckGuardian Group, a joint venture truck services company.

DaimlerChrysler AG’s Truck Group expects U.S. heavy-duty truck sales to decline 39% in 2007 as stricter new emission regulations take effect, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) will chair the Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality Subcommittee when Congress convenes in January, the Associated Press reported Friday.

UPS said Friday it will raise rates for ground and air shipments by 4.9%, effective Jan. 1.

New housing starts fell to their lowest level in six year, plummeting 14.6% in October, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems, a supplier of truck and trailer axles and suspensions, said it has formed a new unit to handle business for such products as tire-inflation and suspension-control systems.

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide has increased its quarterly dividend to 18 cents a share from 13 cents a share.