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WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.

In an effort to expand economic and operational capacity, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has invested $10 million in airports.

Although no devices have been approved for drivers, Canada’s electronic logging device mandate is less than a month away and fleets should prepare accordingly.

Transport Topics captured national honors in two categories May 13 as the American Society of Business Publication Editors announced its 2021 Azbee winners.

Gas shortages at the pumps are spreading from the South to the Mid-Atlantic states, where Virginia and the District of Columbia have become some of the hardest hit areas after a cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.

NEW YORK — Retail sales in the U.S. were flat in April, after soaring in March, when many Americans received $1,400 stimulus checks that boosted spending.

Canadian National Railway appears to be the front-runner to acquire Kansas City Southern Railroad after the KCS Board of Directors on May 13 declared CN has presented a “superior proposal” to an earlier offer from Canadian Pacific to purchase the U.S.-based railway.

U.S. manufacturing output rose in April by slightly more than expected, suggesting further improvement for factories that are otherwise buffeted by supply shortages and shipping challenges.

House lawmakers advanced language authorizing $8 billion for the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric vehicles as the agency modernizes its aging fleet.

President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan would pave the way for programs that would address the impact severe weather events are having on certain ports, bridges, railways and transit systems, a senior transportation official told senators May 13.