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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has joined the call with a broad coalition of motor carriers for Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to remove from public view carriers’ online Compliance, Safety, Accountability program Safety Measurement System scores.

The International Fuel Tax Association said it is considering changing the organization’s credentials for commercial vehicles to a digital form and possibly eliminating its longstanding decals.

House and Senate Appropriations funding leaders plan to unveil a fiscal 2015 omnibus spending bill soon — a measure backed by trucking leaders hoping to turn back a law regulating how long a driver can be behind the wheel.

New Class 8 truck orders skyrocketed in October to 46,200 units, the second-highest level recorded, as large fleets locked in 2015 build slots, ACT Research reported.

Voters handed control of the U.S. Senate to Republicans last week, strengthening the GOP’s ability to advance transportation initiatives when the next Congress convenes in January but lowering the prospects of action before then, analysts said.

Southern California port truckers, crippled by extensive delays, intend to seek the first-ever federal hours-of-service rule waiver for the sector in a bid to free up clogged cargo at the two largest U.S. ports.

Shippers are asking carriers and logistics companies to handle their entire books of freight, with truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal and parcel deliveries in the mix, transportation software makers said.