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Enhancing connectivity along freight supply chains and considering fiscal 2023 funding legislation will dominate transportation policy debates when Congress returns June 6 after its Memorial Day recess.

Trade disruptions from China’s lockdowns and the war in Ukraine are seen doing for Southeast Asia what the U.S.’s spat with Beijing couldn’t meaningfully do — redistribute supply chains.

With billions of dollars in new congressional funding available for transportation regulatory agencies to spend on safety initiatives, several high-level federal officials said leaders must take a hard look at how that money is being spent, and whether there are opportunities to take new approaches to improve highway safety.

President Joe Biden’s recent interstate designation of a New Mexico-to-Texas freight corridor will give truckers a less congested route for future U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada.

New York is temporarily lifting the 16 cents-a-gallon fuel tax for six months as the summer driving season kicks off with record-high pump prices.

U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month though remained elevated at about double the number of unemployed Americans, suggesting little relief for employers struggling to attract and retain workers.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — San Pedro Bay ports charge $10 per container for transport that isn’t by a zero-emission truck, but an environmental group wants to combine a higher fee with incentives to accelerate adoption of cleaner trucks.

The Biden administration on June 1 will announce $2.1 billion in new funding to bolster food supply chains, including initiatives to expand small- and midsized processing plants, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture official.

The national average price for diesel dropped 3.2 cents to $5.539 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released May 30.