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Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.2% in January, the first rise in four months, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Engine maker Cummins Inc. said Wednesday it has revised its previously announced fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 operating results down by $20 million, with net income reduced by $12 million, or 7 cents per share.

The new highway funding law will curtail the ability of carriers to hand off freight to other carriers through certain types of interline arrangements, a veteran transportation attorney said.

In-cab cameras, or dash-cams, aren’t all about roadside arrests or crazy stuff on Russian highways.

Virginia House and Senate negotiators agreed to a compromise transportation plan Wednesday that would eliminate the per-gallon tax on diesel and gasoline, replacing both with wholesale taxes paid by fuel distributors, the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch reported.

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal announced they would combine resources for a new U.S.-Mexico intermodal service.

Taking the steering wheel out of a driver’s hand may sound crazy in an era when traffic congestion and driver distractions are growing by leaps and bounds, but that’s exactly what Internet search giant Google and Volvo Trucks are working on, while the U.S. Department of Transportation is testing communications technology that could potentially link several vehicles in a series.

Two of the trucking industry’s technology suppliers, Trimble Navigation Ltd. and XRS Corp., recently reported improved financial results for the final quarter of 2012, while McLeod Software said its full-year sales reached a record high.

Gasoline prices have risen for 32 straight days to $3.73 a gallon, a four-month high, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.