AUSTIN, Texas — Autonomous truck developers and their industry partners see opportunities for this technology to improve road safety and create more desirable jobs for drivers.

Union Pacific Corp. reported profit that topped analysts’ estimates, which had been adjusted down in the last month, as the railroad leaned on efficiency to make up for lower carloads and higher labor costs.

PUEBLO, Colo. — Interstate 25 in Colorado is expected to reopen four days after it was shut down when a train derailment collapsed a railroad bridge onto the highway and killed a trucker.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg underscored at the Port of Miami how two federal infrastructure grants will strengthen the supply chain with better cargo gate access for trucks.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted a 30.4% year-over-year decrease in profits in the third quarter, undershooting analyst expectations as revenues declined at each of the carrier’s operating units.

A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over I-25 in Colorado, killing a truck driver, federal authorities said Oct. 17, based on their preliminary investigation.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended through Nov. 11 the state’s seasonal grain harvest proclamation allowing overweight loads for vehicles transporting agricultural products. 

Freight logistics company Flexport has laid off 165 employees from its Bellevue, Wash., office, part of broad job cuts that will impact 20% of the workforce.

Passenger railroads will be required to install video recorders inside locomotives, but the rule excludes freight trains like the one that derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio.

Two freight land ports from Maine to Canada are getting closer to being revamped as part of the U.S. General Services Administration's $3.4 billion infrastructure investment fund plan.