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Every night just after 11:30 p.m., more than 9,000 part-time workers flood into the FedEx Super Hub for what is perhaps the greatest transportation show on earth. Over the next five hours, 160 planes will descend upon the site, unloading an estimated 1.5 million pieces of mail and reloading to take off for destinations throughout the world.

The Teamsters union staged a two-hour rally in front of the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to protest terms of a proposed settlement between the board and Overnite Transportation Co.

Twice this decade, Congress passed legislation to encourage development of regional transportation policies.

United Road Services is putting together the first national nonunion auto hauling and towing network. Since completing a stock offering in May, URS has acquired more than a dozen companies.

Rates could increase on New Jersey’s two largest toll roads by 20% in the next five years as state officials look for ways to fund $2.3 billion in roadway construction.

After a nearly 10-year shutdown, production has resumed at the Nabors trailer plant in Mansfield, La. — but it’s really a new operation.

All varieties of roads, from interstates to city streets, would get a share of the wealth generated by a newly proposed 4.5 percent wholesale tax on diesel and gasoline fuels.

Quake Wireless, San Diego, has developed a satellite communicator that monitors heavy equipment in remote locations.

The recent confirmation hearing for Surface Transportation Board nominee Wayne Burkes served as a preview of the upcoming debate on reauthorization of the regulatory body.