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Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) sent a bipartisan letter signed by 78 Members of Congress Wednesday to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S.

The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for February fell 2% from a year earlier but rose from January, DOT said.

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. said its first-quarter net income earnings-per-share jumped 22% from a year ago, on higher shipping volumes.

The New York State Department of Transportation told a transportation task force that it will no longer pursue efforts to restrict trucks from using certain rural routes in the Finger Lakes area, American Trucking Associations said.