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Seat-belt use in the United states has risen to a record 83% in daylight hours this year, up from 82% last year, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

We are pleased and relieved that the Senate finally agreed to support the restitution of $8 billion to the faltering Highway Trust Fund from the U.S. Treasury to undo an old wrong.

New home construction plunged 6.2% in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The House late Tuesday approved a bill that legislation that would open more offshore areas for oil and oil and natural gas drilling, pending states’ approval, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an interpretation indicating that it will consider “preventability” of a crash when a motor carrier contests the denial of a hazardous materials safety permit, based on the crash-rate disqualification.

In honor of National Trucking Week, Sept. 7-14, let’s take a minute to think about the trucking industry and the thousands of men and women who work within it to make our lives functional, comfortable, healthy and safe.

The Clackamas County, Ore., sheriff’s office is using high-tech cameras to catch truck drivers who don’t buckle up, the Oregonian newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve voted Tuesday for a third straight time to hold a key U.S. interest rate at 2%.