Technology & Operations
Transportation technology, automation, TMS, EDI, visibility, fraud prevention, and operating models.
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Freight AI’s Trust Test: Who Saves Time—and Who Does the Extra Work?
Freight AI can save a broker time while creating more work for a carrier. FIR examines the survey evidence and proposes a scorecard for the full transaction.
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Rail & Intermodal · Regulation & Safety · Regulation, Infrastructure & Risk · Technology & OperationsCourt Upholds Two-Person Freight-Train Crew Rule, Raising the Bar for Rail Automation
The Eleventh Circuit preserved the FRA’s two-person freight-train crew rule—a strategic constraint on rail automation and labor models, not an immediate capacity shock.
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Freight Intel Outlook · Freight Markets · Shipper Strategy · Technology & Operations · Trucking & OTRAugust Freight Outlook: The Recovery Isn’t Demand-Led—and That Changes Every Shipper Decision
Freight volumes weakened while costs, imports and intermodal activity rose. The August 2026 Freight Intel Outlook explains what shippers, carriers and brokers should do next.
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DOT’s New AV Strategy Targets Freight Deployment—But Autonomous Trucks Still Face Four Gates
USDOT’s 2026–2030 automated-vehicle strategy targets freight deployment, ADS-equipped commercial-vehicle rules, safety standards and cross-state corridors—but it does not authorize nationwide driverless trucking.