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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

GovernmentBusiness

NYC Congestion Pricing Gets Quiet Start

New York City kicked off the first congestion pricing program in the U.S., part of an effort to reduce the number of vehicles in the world’s most traffic-clogged urban area.

January 6, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Former TuSimple CEO Hou Scores Legal Victory Against Company

A Texas Business Court judge rejected TuSimple’s request for a restraining order and injunctions against the onetime autonomous trucking pioneer’s founder and his latest venture.

January 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Critical $100M Rail Bridge Opens at Texas-Mexico Border

A key rail route that connects Texas to Mexico has now opened after Canadian Pacific Kansas City unveiled the new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge in December.

January 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Winter Storm Makes Travel Dangerous Across Nation

A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast.

January 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Biden Bans Offshore Drilling as Trump Vows to Undo It

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block action by the incoming administration to expand offshore drilling.

January 6, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsFor-Hire

Health Care Business Becomes $20 Billion Lifeline for UPS

UPS Inc. has been quietly building a health care empire to offset stagnating revenue in its core package delivery business.

January 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Nippon Steel, US Steel File Lawsuits After Biden Blocks Deal

Nippon Steel Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. jointly filed lawsuits in a last-ditch effort to preserve the planned merger of the companies, which was blocked last week by President Joe Biden.

January 6, 2025
Business

US Car Sales Get Year-End Boost From Trump’s EV Threat

The threat by President-elect Donald Trump to end tax credits for electric vehicles helped lift sales in the fourth quarter, giving U.S. automakers a much-needed boost after a disappointing year.

January 3, 2025
BusinessTechnologySafety

PrePass Safety Alliance Names Dietz Executive Vice President

PrePass Safety Alliance named Erik Dietz executive vice president Jan. 2, tasking the transportation industry veteran with advancing safety and efficiency in commercial vehicle operations.

January 3, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Stellantis, VW Shares Fall After US Tax Credit Cuts

Stellantis NV and Volkswagen AG shares declined as some of their plug-in cars lost access to U.S. tax credits under tougher rules that took effect this week.

January 3, 2025