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A bill recently introduced in the Missouri Legislature would put a referendum on the November ballot to raise the state’s 4.225-cent-per-dollar sales tax by a penny to pay for transportation projects.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared Renato Velasquez an “imminent hazard to public safety” and prohibited him from driving commercial vehicles.

A Texas district court jury rejected a $3.5 million lawsuit against trucking company FFE Transportation Services Inc. after a car accident four years ago.

Canada and the United States are planning this month to launch the second phase of a pilot program designed to speed the flow of freight at the border by having U.S.-bound trucks inspected on Canadian soil.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Trucks represent about  4% of all registered vehicles in the United States and account for 9% of total vehicle miles traveled, but they were involved in 12% of all highway fatalities, according to a federal analysis of truck-involved fatal crashes presented to the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.

The owner of a Georgia trucking company has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to violate an imminent hazard out-of-service order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

A proposal to create a national database of truck drivers’ positive drug-and-alcohol test results will be made public Feb. 14, the Department of Transportation said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule that will toughen the requirements for truckers carrying food, as well as shippers and receivers.