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WASHINGTON — Members of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration committee took several limited steps toward creating a rule on training standards for entry-level truck drivers.

WASHINGTON — Two of the country’s top transportation leaders reaffirmed their opposition to raising fuel taxes to keep highway programs funded for several years, a setback for proponents of increasing the user fees, including trucking industry leaders.

Rail shipments of crude and refined products fell last week to the lowest level since October 2013 after a derailment shut a track in Illinois for four days.

House Republicans’ budget blueprint unveiled March 17 would enhance states’ control over critical highway projects, and it would establish a reserve fund to develop proposals for bringing surface-transportation legislation to passage.

This edition of Transport Topics from Oct. 27, 1986 highlights the passage of legislation that marked the beginning of the process that has led to current efforts to establish minimum training standards for entry-level commercial vehicle drivers.

WASHINGTON — Congressional tax policy writers have yet to indicate how they would finance a long-term highway bill, despite the less than three months that remain before funding authority for highway programs expires

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — New Truckload Carriers Association Chairman Keith Tuttle is a man with two missions: Tell other truckers how they can achieve successful outcomes, and inform the public about the industry’s positive contributions.