House appropriators on May 18 will take up a fiscal 2017 funding bill that is expected to include trucking-related provisions, Capitol Hill aides said.

The rate at which trucks will be stuck in traffic will increase dramatically over the coming years if poor highway infrastructure is not rehabilitated, a new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers concluded.

Blair Anderson has been nominated to serve as undersecretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, the White House announced May 10.

The transportation industry and policymakers see eye to eye on the need to boost funding for infrastructure, but often they disagree on the source of such funding. Starting May 16, transportation officials and experts will participate in panels and workshops to draw attention to the issue during Infrastructure Week.

A group of U.S. House lawmakers are urging the nation’s top trucking regulator to delay a rulemaking on a safety fitness determination proposal.

The chairwoman of the subcommittee on trucking issues in the U.S. Senate criticized the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 2 for its safety performance scoring program and the manner in which the agency crafts its regulations.

A funding bill that would set a limit to the weekly hours of service for truckers is on deck for Senate floor consideration this month, while a House panel is expected to take up its version soon after, lawmakers and their staffs indicated.

A significant television ad presence in central Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District helped incumbent Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the transportation committee in the House, barely shake off a challenge by a tea party-backed candidate on April 26.

Pennsylvanians go to the polls today, and Rep. Bill Shuster, chairman of the transportation panel in the House, is favored to keep his 9th District seat. Shuster's campaign shared the Congressman's current thoughts on the hottest issues in trucking. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.