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Rail and intermodal traffic declined for the week ended Saturday from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 5.5% in September from a year earlier, the Transportation Department said Thursday.

The California Supreme Court rejected a bid by FedEx Corp. to reverse a verdict making its independent contractor drivers full-time employees, Bloomberg reported.

The trucking industry, supported by the federal government, is warning that a Maine law on tobacco sales could lead to conflicting state regulations that Congress meant to pre-empt when it deregulated motor transportation, the New York Times reported Thursday.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) can keep private a report studying how the state can increase tolls on some of the nation’s busiest highways, a state judge ruled, the Associated Press reported.

Four of Canada’s western provinces and territories have failed to implement new federal hours-of-service rules, while a fifth has delayed enforcement of them until the end of the year.

Forward Air Corp. said it has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Black Hawk Freight Services, a privately held provider of transportation services headquartered in Milan, Ill.

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