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A transportation industry coalition defending the federal driver hours-of-service regulation said consumer and labor groups challenging the rules made misleading statements and misinterpreted data in arguments they made in court.

A coalition of trucking groups, led by American Trucking Associations, does not have a right to sue a Delaware River toll agency to roll back a 300% toll increase, a federal appeals court ruled, upholding a lower court decision.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asserted in a court brief that the revised hours-of-service rule for truck drivers is based on safety concerns, research and the potential cost to the industry.

WASHINGTON — John Hill, the new head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the agency would soon publish several overdue regulations, including rules governing the use of electronic onboard recorders.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure extending the Single-State Registration System, giving the board of the newly formed Unified Carrier Registration program time to agree on how to replace SSRS, which collects and apportions state truck registration fees.

New, stricter federal stopping distance rules on the horizon may push growth in the market for disc brakes but not enough to surpass drum brakes as the dominant equipment in the market.

Trucking industry and labor groups expressed concern about the recently proposed Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, especially about its lack of coordination with other security programs that would lead to conflicts and higher costs.

Potentially controversial initiatives aimed at reducing congestion and changing the structure of highway financing that Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta launched before his recent departure will keep moving forward, Mineta told Transport Topics in a July 6 interview.

The lead group challenging the federal government’s new truck driver work rule told an appeals court that the revised version was so similar to the rule courts already have rejected that the current incarnation should also be invalidated.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not follow through with its previously announced plan to repost the safety scores of motor carriers through its SafeStat system until after a pair of investigations are completed.