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Federal trucking regulators withdrew a proposal meant to require motor carriers to use only trucks that display certain certification labels indicating the commercial vehicles met Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Virginia Tech, along with subcontractors from Washington State and SmartDrive, has been awarded a $2.5 million contract from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study a flexible hours-of-service safety provision that will allow longhaul truck drivers to split their required sleeper berth time into shorter periods.

Govs. Gary Herbert (R-Utah) and Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.) will specify priorities for states in 2016 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7.

Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are poised to increase by 6% at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 3, impacting both cash and E-ZPass customers.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced on Dec. 28 that the Federal Register will publish its withdrawal of a notice of a final rule requiring tank truck carriers who haul flammable liquids to either retrofit their existing tankers to protect their wetlines or install a system to purge product from those lines.

A little-noticed provision in the five-year transportation funding bill that became law on Dec. 18 might offer an unexpected funding bonus for state departments of transportation.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announced its approval on Dec. 22 of a schedule for implementing the use of such roadside safety hardware devices as guardrails and crash cushions on the National Highway System that meet new crash-testing standards.

Missouri’s 17-cent tax for both gas and diesel is among the lowest of any state and barely half of the nationwide average.