April 7, 2015: Prototype gets 12 MPG; Proposed law hopes to increase driver safety; UPS plans to add 1,400 CNG trucks to fleet

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

• UPS plans to deploy 1,400 new compressed natural gas trucks over the next year, according to Trucking News Online. That move, Trucking News reported, would more than double UPS’s current CNG fleet.

• Federal rules may allow tractor-trailers to carry larger and heavier loads in parts of Florida and across the country, but Flagler County, FL, officials are concerned, reports News 13 Orlando.

• Shreveport, LA, police seek two men who stole a pair of cement trucks last month, according to the Shreveport Times.

• A prototype that Daimler Trucks North America built for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s SuperTruck Challenge doubles the MPG of average 18-wheelers, according to Engadget.

• Transportation groups are gathering to “Stand Up for Transportation” across the country on April 9, reports Transport Topics.

• Proposed law memorializing late trucking veteran hopes to increase truck driver safety, according to The Times-Tribune.