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Kansas state Senators who support a bill that would increase the state's gasoline tax to help finance transportation projects kept it clean of amendments Wednesday before sending it to a more skeptical House.

An Arkansas Senate vote to ease up on truckers could push a major highway plan through the Legislature by week's end. The Senate backtracked Wednesday from imposing an immediate 4-cent-a-gallon diesel tax increase to fund highway improvements and settled for phasing in the increase over 12 months.

"How's My Driving?" stickers were once the butt of jokes, considered "Big Brother" on the road. Today, the decals are affixed to hundreds of thousands of 18-wheelers and other commercial vehicles rolling across America.

TT File PhotoAmid continued robust sales of trucks in February, another banner year is predicted for truck makers. Manufacturers reported preliminary sales for the month reached 18,384 vehicles.

The state House has sent highway legislation back to the Senate in preparation of a compromise amendment that would phase in a 4-cent diesel tax increase over a couple of years.

Federal legislation requiring the Surface Transportation Board to increase its emphasis on ensuring competition between rail carriers was introduced last week by four senators.

Two state senators, reacting to last week's fatal train-truck accident, say they plan to introduce legislation that could free at least $50 million to improve safety at railroad crossings around Illinois.

Larry M. Sur has decided to step down from his full time duties as president of Schneider Logistics to spend more time with his family.

A number of companies that provide electronic dispatching and trailer-tracking services have adopted a single communication standard that they said combines both systems into a single interface.

Federal investigators are looking into another train derailment just miles from the site of last week's deadly Amtrak collision.