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Transportation projects organized as public-private partnerships have offered useful infrastructure contributions, a group of industry officials told a special House panel March 5.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector increased in February at the slowest pace in four years, the Institute for Supply Management reported March 5.

The House approved legislation March 4 that would extend through May exemptions to federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers hauling propane.

Saying it lacks jurisdiction, a federal appeals court has transferred a lawsuit about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ process to a district court.

Connecticut truckers implored the state’s General Assembly to order the Department of Transportation to investigate side effects from the use of magnesium chloride to melt snow and ice on roads and to seek alternative treatments.

A bill introduced in the House would repeal the current fee imposed on shippers to import goods at ports and replace it with one that applies to all imports.

Germany-based parcel carrier DHL Express said it has appointed Mike Parra to be CEO of its United States operations.

Federal government officials said they may revive the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey and also undertake a new study of the causes of truck crashes.