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WASHINGTON — Investing in the integration of advanced technologies in cities and freight corridors would help reduce roadway congestion, transportation officials and experts said here during Infrastructure Week.

The Senate on May 19 voted 89-8 to pass a $56 billion transportation funding bill with a provision that would cap at 73 the allowable hours per week truckers could work before being required to take a rest break.

A House subcommittee on May 18 easily approved a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill that would extend the prohibition on the 2013 changes to the 34-hour, hours-of-service rule for truckers.

WASHINGTON��— Careful investments in infrastructure projects help governments at all levels improve productivity that generate economic growth, Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) said on a panel May 17.

House appropriators on May 18 will take up a fiscal 2017 funding bill that is expected to include trucking-related provisions, Capitol Hill aides said.

The rate at which trucks will be stuck in traffic will increase dramatically over the coming years if poor highway infrastructure is not rehabilitated, a new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers concluded.

Blair Anderson has been nominated to serve as undersecretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, the White House announced May 10.