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Universities, and nonprofits looking to help the U.S. Department of Transportation tackle the country’s mobility concerns in the years to come may apply to become a “Beyond Traffic” innovation center.

The share of state highways in poor condition would double during the next decade without an infusion of new revenue,��Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb told lawmakers Dec. 6.

A clarification to regulators about an hours-of-service rule for truck drivers has been attached to a short-term funding bill the House and Senate need to advance by Dec. 9 to keep the federal government running beyond this week.

The top transportation authorizer in the House announced six staff updates for his committee for the 115th Congress convening in January.

Federal trucking regulators announced a final entry-level driver training rule on Dec. 7 that dropped an earlier proposal requiring that new truck drivers complete a minimum of 30 hours of�� behind-the-wheel training to become eligible for a commercial driver license.

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on a Senate trucking subcommittee said he is hopeful Republican leaders will be forced to remove a provision in a short-term funding bill that would clarify an hours-of-service rule for truckers.

WASHINGTON��— A fatal collision of two Union Pacific freight trains in Arkansas resulted from a fatigued engineer and conductor who were both likely asleep aboard one of the trains, federal investigators ruled Dec. 6.

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WASHINGTON��— The rapid developments in autonomous trucks that several companies are embracing will continue to require drivers inside the vehicles, the trucking industry’s chief representative told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Dec. 6.