Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Oct. 16 that Congress should raise fuel taxes 10 cents and index them in order to raise money to meet the nation’s transportation needs.

A month after floods devastated roads and bridges in northern Colorado, state officials said they have been able to fully reopen only one highway: State Highway 119, which runs between Boulder and Nederland.

The Montana Department of Transportation has authorized issuing guns to some commercial vehicle inspectors, a decision that has drawn opposition from the state’s trucking industry.

Allowing higher truck weights on interstate highways and helping captive shippers who use the railroads would promote freight mobility and make American companies more competitive globally, representatives of large shippers told a special U.S. House panel exploring freight issues.

The U.S. House passed a bill Sept. 26 to require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct a full rulemaking process if it wants to require sleep apnea testing and treatment for truck drivers.

The chairwoman of the Senate committee that will write the next highway bill said she wants to end the per-gallon federal  fuel taxes Americans pay at the pump.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration scrapped its proposed rule on entry-level truck driver training standards Sept. 18, saying it would start over on the mandate.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will provide additional time for freight brokers to supply proof they’ve increased their minimum surety bonds to $75,000 from $10,000.

Clark County, home to Las Vegas, will begin indexing state fuel taxes Jan. 1. For Clark County purchases, that could add 3 cents to 5 cents a gallon to the state’s 27.81-cent-a-gallon diesel tax in 2014 and as much as 9 cents to 15 cents by 2016.

The distance Americans drove annually fell between 2004 and 2012, a fact that should affect the way policymakers allocate money for transportation, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund said.