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The National Transportation Safety Board on June 8 issued a recommendation that collision avoidance systems be standard equipment on all new cars and commercial trucks.

In 1941, the Interstate Commerce Commission took the first step towards regulating truck sizes and weights at the federal level for goods moving in interstate commerce.

Peter Rogoff, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s under secretary, said in a June 5 letter accompanying the release of a congressionally mandated study on truck size-and-weight limits there is not sufficient data to make any recommendations.

After immediate pushback from the trucking industry, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo altered a plan to toll commercial trucks that use the state’s bridges.

Lawmakers rejected an amendment targeting insurance requirements during the House’s consideration of the fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill June 4.

Consumer confidence in the U.S. slipped last week to a six-month low as views of the buying climate softened, indicating a re-acceleration in household spending may be slow to materialize.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 3 released its long-awaited final rule on stability control, saying it will affect Classes 7-8 trucks in two years.