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For years, trucking has been pleading for government officials to take seriously the need for a well-funded, long-term surface transportation plan, not because it is convenient for the industry but because it is a demonstrated necessity for the nation’s long-term economic health.

The four-year, $302 billion highway bill Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent Congress on April 29 proposes reforms to certain corporate taxes as a way to bolster a dwindling federal highway account that helps states fund large-scale infrastructure projects.

Transportation leaders and infrastructure advocates will again call on Congress to implement long-term financing structures, such as raising the federal fuel tax, to rehabilitate roads and bridges around the country.

WASHINGTON — Fleet executives told a National Research Council committee of their efforts to save on fuel consumption and what they would recommend to federal agencies that are writing the next rule on greenhouse-gas emissions.

The price of U.S. retail diesel rose by 0.4 cent to $3.975 a gallon, the second consecutive weekly increase after a five-week decline, the Department of Energy reported.