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Transportation leaders from around the globe discussed shared challenges during the first in-person meeting in two years of the International Road Transport Union, with supply chain snarls, a shortage of drivers and environmental issues at the top of the agenda.

Truck tonnage in October posted the strongest year-over-year gain since just before summer, American Trucking Associations announced, as consumers ramped up early spending in anticipation of a busy holiday shopping season.

A state-by-state summary and analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation of the recently enacted $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill highlights funding provisions tucked in the law.

Walmart Inc. is expanding its efforts to offer aerial deliveries to homes, joining with startup DroneUp to begin dropping off items ranging from cans of tuna to children’s thermometers.

Heyday, a platform that buys and builds consumer brands that sell on Amazon .com Inc., raised $555 million in a funding round led by Raine Group and Indian tycoon Azim Premji’s investment firm.

Uber Freight announced Nov. 15 that it has completed its acquisition of the managed transportation and logistics network company Transplace from TPG Capital.

The question of how a federal vaccine mandate might affect transportation workers other than truck drivers must be considered amid broader discussion of the proposal, an industry executive said at a recent event.

Toyota Motor Corp. is targeting a level of output in December higher than what it’s seen in recent years, a sign that supply disruptions may be receding.

State and federal transportation agencies have recently upgraded and reclassified Washington State Route 281 as a heavy truck freight corridor allowing 10 million tons or more of mostly agricultural freight moves per year.

At the moment, the future of transportation is at the Walmart on Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville, Ark.