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U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 7.7% in the week ended May 10 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Consumer confidence fell in May from a nine-month high, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index.

FMCSA is extending by 30 days the public comment period for its supplemental  proposed rule requiring interstate carriers to install electronic logging devices on all trucks.

The American Transportation Research Institute has launched a confidential survey to update its 2013 Operational Costs of Trucking report.

Housing starts climbed 13.2% in April to a 1.07 million annualized rate following March’s 947,000 pace, the Commerce Department reported.

House and Senate transportation leaders said they will vote next week on a final water policy bill that approves myriad improvements to ports nationwide.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year, $265 billion highway reauthorization bill that makes freight a core element within the federal highway program.

A survey by the National Biodiesel Board found that nearly 80% of biodiesel producers have scaled back production this year, and more than half have idled production, due in part to what it called a “weak” renewable fuel standard proposal in Washington.