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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday it has shut down GD Cars Inc., an Aurora, Colo., trucking company that carried used cars and trucks, saying the carrier’s operation of commercial vehicles “poses an imminent hazard to public safety.”

President Obama signed a memorandum to speed up the permitting process for major infrastructure projects.

The House passed a bill that would take the permitting authority for the Keystone XL Pipeline away from President Obama.

INDIANAPOLIS — Motor carriers are not only facing an increasing number of new regulatory initiatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation, but they also have become the target of stepped up enforcement from several other federal agencies, trucking executives and transportation attorneys said.

The California Air Resources Board is hosting free classes on complying with CARB diesel regulations.

Hawaii has become the 40th state to ban texting while driving after Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) signed the new law on Monday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will propose a regulation later this year that would absolve truck drivers of their duty to file reports about truck and trailer inspections that do not find any equipment defects, a federal official said.

Arkansas Best Corp. said it will freeze its defined benefits plan for nonunion employees, as of July 1.

The Federal Highway Administration has scheduled its first public outreach session to gather input for its study on the safety and infrastructure implications of increased truck size and weight limits.