A bipartisan group of four key U.S. senators last week set a date to begin working on a two-year surface transportation spending measure to replace the one that expired in 2009.

All states now receive more funding for highway programs than they contribute to the Highway Trust Fund via federal fuel taxes and truck excise taxes, said a new study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has rescinded a federal grant that Ohio was using to study privatizing the Ohio Turnpike, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked President Obama to withdraw the administration’s proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Port of Los Angeles’ plan to ban independent truckers from drayage operations, a major victory for American Trucking Associations after a three-year legal fight.

House transportation committee leaders told President Obama they will “aggressively” work to block any changes in hours-of-service rules that would cut drivers’ hours.

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have agreed to a higher funding level for a new transportation reauthorization bill, abandoning the $230 billion cap they previously set for any six-year plan.

Standing in front of one of the most crowded, deficient bridges in the United States, President Obama called on Republicans to help him pass a jobs bill that contains $27 billion in construction spending for highways and bridges.

Congress last week approved a short-term measure to extend federal surface transportation spending and the federal fuel tax system that helps fund it until March 31.