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Housing starts inched up 0.8% in January, remaining close to last month's 17 year low, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Some makers of integrated mobile communication systems are adopting technologies that enable their fleet customers to take advantage of both the broad geographic coverage offered by satellites and high-volume, low-cost data transmission over cellular phone networks.

The left lane restrictions in Florida are a symptom of a growing and long-standing problem in America: making it “all about me.”

Patriot Transportation Holding said Tuesday that its board has authorized repurchase of up to $5 million of its common stock.

Deutsche Post AG said it appointed Frank Appel its new chief executive officer, following the resignation of Klaus Zumwinkel, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Floods and road closures in the Pacific Northwest have hurt the trucking industry this winter, the Olympian newspaper reported.

A plan by the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on how to address truck emissions and hire drivers is causing divisions with the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

FedEx Corp. said it will provide users of Microsoft Office’s Outlook e-mail the ability to connect to its shipping services, another step in the company’s plan to let customers build software directly into their own infrastructure.

John Hill, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said his agency was working to craft more precise data on truck-related fatalities that could pinpoint the number of deaths attributable to the actions of truck drivers.