February 2, 2015: Workers at nine U.S. oil refineries on strike; Another winter storm strikes; Obama reveals transportation plans in budget.

Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:

• A labor strike is affecting nine major U.S. oil refineries, according to Bloomberg – the largest such labor action in the U.S. refinery industry since the 1980s – yet so far it’s not causing global oil prices to spike, notes Reuters UK.
• Yet another big winter storm is snarling transportation with snow and ice from the Midwest through parts of the Northeast, USA Today reports.
• President Obama is again attempting to increase transportation infrastructure funding via corporate tax hikes in his administration’s current $4 trillion budget proposal, Politico reports.
• Some 600 truck drivers are losing their licenses to haul freight at the port of Vancouver, notes CBC News, leading to protests.
• Paccar boasts of record truck sales for 2014, reports The Motley Fool.
• Hirschbach Motor Lines plans to move its home base from Illinois to Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register.
• The city of San Angelo is debating whether or not to make some of its roads designated “truck routes” while banning big rigs on others, The Standard Times reports.
• A “battle royal” of sorts is brewing in the U.S. pickup market, notes Forbes.
• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is seeking to raise $1.3 billion in new transportation funds for the Badger state via borrowing instead of fuel tax hikes, according to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
• Boston residents say Beantown should abandon its bid to host the 2024 Olympics specifically due to its transportation woes, notes the Boston Herald.
• A new report says trips via public transportation networks notched their highest level in 57 years in the U.S. in 2013, reports KMA Land.
• Residents of one apartment complex in the Big Apple are “fuming” over exhaust emissions from idling diesel freight trains, according to the New York Daily News.