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WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said any comprehensive measure that would address the country’s highway funding concerns will be called “unrealistic,” which was the term a top Senate Republican used to criticize the Obama administration’s latest transportation plan last week.

In 2006, ATA asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to require heavy trucks not only to install the speed limiters but to limit truck speeds to 68 mph.

Under pressure from Congress and trucking industry leaders, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a congressional subcommittee last week a proposed rule mandating speed limiters for heavy trucks will be issued no later than this fall.

Used-truck values slipped last month but remained near record highs, even as fleet trade-ins continued to augment the available supply of used equipment, analysts said.

The Minnesota Trucking Association and four trade groups are suing Minnesota in federal court in an attempt to topple the state’s biodiesel mandate.

WASHINGTON — Truckers Against Trafficking has been honored by federal lawmakers for its role in helping rescue mostly young women from human trafficking networks in which they often are sexually exploited.

A freight advocacy group last week unveiled a report containing 36 targeted infrastructure projects it said could boost freight mobility if Congress includes money for them in a long-term transportation bill.