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Oil fell $3 a barrel Monday to close below $70 as the dollar strengthened and China’s stock market fell 7%, Bloomberg reported.

A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute found that anti-idling equipment can trim idling time by as much as 78%.

The Betsy Ross Bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania will become the first in the Philadelphia area with express E-ZPass lanes, the Associated Press reported.

Daimler Trucks North America said Monday it will participate in at least seven programs totally about $33 million under a U.S. Department of Energy grant for alternative technology vehicles.

San Bernadino County’s transportation agency will get nearly $10 million in federal stimulus funds for a clean-energy truck project, the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun newspaper reported Sunday.

U.S. consumer confidence slipped slightly in August from July but improved from an earlier forecast this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.2% July, as buyers took advantage of the government’s “cash for clunkers” program to trade in old cars for new ones, the Commerce Department said Friday.

While the highly popular Cash for Clunkers program boosted the sales of new autos, both foreign and domestic, it is unknown if it will have any noticeable effect on the economy, jobs, energy or the environment.

When trucks and truck drivers are mentioned in the general media, they seem almost invariably to be put in a bad light.