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The House fell nine votes short Sept. 14 in an attempt to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a measure that would allow trucking companies to test special technology to reduce fuel costs.

WASHINGTON — Leaders of a key congressional committee want auto safety regulators to tell them what they are doing to address concerns that vehicle safety may be compromised by hackers who may be able to affect automobiles by tapping into their systems through diagnostic ports and devices.

Two top ports on the East Coast reported that August was a record month for containers, although the data reflects the period before Hanjin Shipping Co. filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 31.

Global Logistic Properties, the second-largest owner of U.S. industrial real estate, agreed to buy $1.1 billion of warehouses from Hillwood Development Co.

The funding gap for Minnesota transportation needs is projected to be about $18 billion over the next 20 years, and that's based on a strategy focused on preservation and not expansion, according to an official with the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Money from increased fees and gas taxes that drivers have been paying since 2013 on the promise to fix Pennsylvania's crumbling roads and bridges is increasingly being diverted to support the state police, budget figures show.

Jon Slangerup announced his resignation as CEO of the Port of Long Beach, effective Oct. 28, to take another executive position at an aviation technology company.

The Rail Customer Coalition, which includes 48 trade groups representing shippers, plans a lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to dramatize its view that a Surface Transportation Board regulatory proceeding evaluating increased rail competition needs to be finalized.