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PHOENIX — Trucking officials said they are preparing for what they believe will be a loss of productivity and flexibility when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issues the revised hours-of-service rule.

PHOENIX — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves lashed out at Washington for failing to make progress on a surface transportation bill, saying “political expediency” prevented essential action on improving the transportation infrastructure.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is revisiting its guidance for selective catalytic reduction technology in heavy-duty trucks as a result of a court settlement with Navistar Inc. earlier this year, an agency official said last week.

PHOENIX — The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration sent its new proposed “wetlines” regulation to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Oct. 15 for review.

American Trucking Associations said Friday it has adopted a carbon-emissions control policy supporting a national fuel-economy standard for trucks, rather than government actions to increase fuel prices or alternative-fuel mandates.

Midterm elections are right around the corner, and a number of issues are at the forefront of voters’ minds — not the least of which is the economy. Everyone wants to know what will be done about job creation and economic growth.

An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3% in September, the third consecutive increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is scheduled to deliver $20 million in federal infrastructure stimulus funding Wednesday to the New England states of Maine and New Hampshire.

Annette Sandberg, former administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, will become an attorney with a transportation law firm in Spokane, Wash., the firm said.