A transportation funding proposal unveiled by Pennsylvania lawmakers last week would raise $2.5 billion by changing how the state collects transportation money, including eliminating the cap on the state’s wholesale fuel tax.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has created a special panel to explore improving freight movement in the United States among various transportation modes, which will hold its first hearing later this month.

New Jersey transportation officials have proposed a budget that includes $2.6 billion for the state’s Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2014 as part of a plan that focuses on maintaining existing infrastructure and easing congestion.

The White House has started to review a proposed regulation that would create a national database of every commercial driver who has failed a required drug or alcohol test or refused to take one — the final review before the proposal can be issued.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Atlanta-based Southern Transportation Inc. to stop operating, using new authority that allows the agency to shut down carriers that refuse to release safety records to investigators.

Daimler Trucks North America will recall about 46,000 Freightliner Cascadia trucks due to a software glitch that may cause the daytime running lights to turn off, the company said in a report released by the federal government Wednesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite receiving requests from a bipartisan group of seven lawmakers in transportation oversight roles, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not delay the July 1 effective date of the latest changes to its hours-of-service rule, FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said here Friday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is “just about ready” to propose regulatory guidance that would urge medical examiners to require that some obese truck drivers be screened for obstructive sleep apnea before being allowed to drive, an agency official said.