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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has picked Polly Trottenberg, a top aide in the Transportation Department, to serve as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked members of the agency’s motor carrier advisory committee for some ideas on how the agency could improve truck safety.

Amid the constant roar of Interstate 40 traffic, Arkansas state leaders celebrated opening a long-awaited commercial truck parking lot in West Memphis, adding 84 much-needed spaces.

A $1.7 million federal grant to help Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, N.C., expand its truck driver training program will be matched with $2.6 million in state funds.

Ann Carlson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was recently withdrawn from consideration, the White House announced.

OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers June 5, but other railroads are making progress.

The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded more than $570 million in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 32 states to improve safety.

A committee launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study side underride protection during its inaugural meeting raised a variety of topic areas to address.

DETROIT — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators.