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Oregon’s truck weight-mile tax is set to increase Oct. 1 by an average of 24.5%, along with the flat fees some truckers pay.

President Obama has asked that a pilot program allowing trucks up to 100,000 pounds to run on interstate highways in Maine and Vermont become a permanent exemption to the federal 80,000-pound limit.

Port of Los Angeles staff members are recommending that harbor commissioners push back until the end of 2011 the first phase of the port’s clean trucks program requiring that employee-only drivers move drayage trucks.

The U.S. diesel average price rose 1.7 cents to $2.96 a gallon last week, the second straight week it has inched upward, the Department of Energy reported.

Logistics firm US 1 Industries said it has received a proposal from its two top executives to buy all of the shares they don’t already own in a transaction that is worth about $8 million.

New home sales were unchanged in August, following a record drop in July, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Durable goods orders fell 1.3% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday. Orders excluding transportation equipment rose 2%, more than forecast.

HANOVER, Germany — There is no sales bubble coming soon for medium-duty trucks in North America, according to Martin Daum, president of Daimler Trucks North America.