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The U.S. Department of Transportation has unveiled a centralized unit tasked with working with states, cities and investors looking for help with navigating the federal transportation apparatus.

Fiat Chrysler said it will supply more than 9,000 customized cargo vans to the U.S. Postal Service for delivering mail and packages.

The value of U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico declined 8% in July as the freight value carried by trucks also decreased, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Sept. 29.

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed rule that would require commercial vehicles operating across interstates to display a certification label to note their safety would not reduce the risk of crashes, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) told the agency this month.

Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September as a resilient labor market helped Americans shake off the effects of tumbling stock prices.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is scheduled to expand on the role of public-private partnerships, or P3s, at an event at the Port of Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 1.

The American Transportation Research Institute is nearing completion of research that will support claims by many motor carriers that eliminating nonpreventable crashes from their safety profiles would significantly improve their Compliance, Safety Accountability crash scores, according to a top ATRI researcher.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Volkswagen cheated on air-pollution rules for its diesel cars with a defeat device, reminiscent of 1998 when heavy-duty truck manufacturers were doing the same thing.