Transportation businesses can benefit greatly from lower fuel costs. Most transportation companies depend on fuel cost as one of the leading indicators that determine whether business will go up or down. Right now this is the time for transportation companies to go out and find new clients before fuel costs go up. You can lock in contracts at lower fuel prices before they go up again. At the same time transportation companies can go out and find new clients that need to move products across the nation. If you are in the transportation business you know what industries can move product on a constant basis.