This episode provides an extensive overview of the global transportation sector, highlighting its current state of strategic realignment amid complex challenges. It details the divergent trends in freight markets, noting the steep decline in maritime container rates due to oversupply and geopolitical uncertainty, contrasting with the resilience of air cargo and rail. A major theme is the highly proactive U.S. regulatory agenda, which includes new policies for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), infrastructure revitalization, and human-centric rules for truckers and senior drivers. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the sector's shift toward decarbonization, presenting the massive financial and collaborative barriers to adopting green fuels like hydrogen, and tracks the rapid operationalization of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles to create "AI-native" supply chains. Overall, the analysis underscores that the industry is being shaped by a convergence of unpredictable trade policy, technological disruption, and an urgent push for sustainability.