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The outcry from consumers over late delivery of Christmas gifts — due to a combination of bad weather and a surge in online orders — will force package carriers and retailers to consider changes such as surcharges during peak periods.

A new highway finance law, greenhouse-gas emissions standards for commercial vehicles and a mandate for electronic logs to record drivers’ hours of service are some of the issues trucking will face in 2014.

Colorado transportation officials say they are considering hiring a fluvial geomorphologist — an engineer who studies changing stream flows — to help them redesign roads, bridges and culverts.

Navistar International Corp. reported a narrower fiscal fourth quarter loss, which the truck and engine maker said is setting the stage for a stronger 2014.

Truck tonnage reached another record in November, climbing 8.1% from a year earlier, setting the stage for continued improvement in 2014, American Trucking Associations reported.

The results of a contract-revision vote by YRC Worldwide Inc.’s Teamsters employees are expected this week as the company seeks to nail down a related deal to raise $300 million to ease its debt burden.

November trailer orders climbed 16.7% from a year earlier to 25,670 as the U.S. economy continued to improve, yielding the strongest monthly total in nearly a year, ACT Research reported.

Consumers worldwide say they want to experience self-driving vehicles as automakers roll out an increasing number of cars that can take over and drive themselves, using mathematical calculations, an array of sensors and electronic controls of key vehicle systems.