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Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee began pitching his interstate repair program Tuesday to state House members, many of whom questioned why they should support it.

South Carolina will have $9.4 billion in transportation needs during the next 10 years and officials Wednesday said they will consider a gasoline tax, toll roads and a ser fee as options to foot the bill.

The new chairman of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is former Ohio governor George Voinovich, who supported giving responsibility for the federal highway program to the states.

Associate Federal Highway Administrator George Reagle last week was transferred from his job as head of the Office of Motor Carriers, at least in part because he orchestrated a lobbying campaign against transferring the office to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Office of Motor Carriers’ new leader is a virtual unknown to trucking.

A climate of cooperation and a reliance on technology marked George Reagle’s five years at the helm of the Office of Motor Carriers.

Associates Commercial Corp., one of the nation’s largest truck equipment finance companies, has purchased Transport Clearings, a leading provider of freight bill factoring services.

Trucking and highway safety groups should seek to reduce their fighting and find a common ground, according to a board member of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways.

Diesel prices have edged up for two straight weeks but are unlikely to climb much higher in the near future before being pulled back down by oversupply.

More than 2,000 truck stop operators and suppliers are set to convene in Phoenix this week to discuss the changing face of their industry.