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A federal study of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could assign fault for truck crashes has been completed, but is being reviewed in-house by the agency, officials said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will provide additional time for freight brokers to supply proof they’ve increased their minimum surety bonds to $75,000 from $10,000.

The U.S. trade deficit increased 13.3% in July from an almost four-year low, the Commerce Department reported.

A bipartisan group of 51 House members sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, criticizing the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers and asking for a timeline for the completion of a study of those changes, the lawmakers said Sept. 3.

The distance Americans drove annually fell between 2004 and 2012, a fact that should affect the way policymakers allocate money for transportation, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund said.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has named former Facebook executive Sarah Feinberg as his chief of staff.

The Department of Transportation is asking the public for comments on its four-year strategic plan for the nation’s transportation and infrastructure.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement mechanism dubbed Compliance, Safety, Accountability has been the topic of much discussion and controversy since its launch in 2010.