Federal funding made available to reduce vehicle crashes at dangerous railroad crossings
OMAHA, Neb. — With the rail industry relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs, the Biden administration is handing out $570 million in
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Audit finds National Highway Traffic Safety Administration auto safety defect probes take too long
DETROIT — The U.S. government agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly
US safety agency to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles and set tougher standards
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking
Daimler Truck to partner with Toyota on climate and self-driving tech
TOYKO — German truck maker Daimler and Japan’s top automaker Toyota said Tuesday they will work together on new technologies, including using hydrogen fuel, to
US opens probe into Freightliner trucks automatically braking without obstacle in road
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the automatic emergency braking on big Freightliner semis can stop the trucks unexpectedly
Zero-emission big rigs to play key role in new world vision for environment
WASHINGTON — It’s among the world’s busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the
Video shows tanker truck crashing into South Carolina school bus, injuring 18
GILBERT, S.C. — A school bus collided with a tanker truck Thursday, May 25, in South Carolina, sending at least 18 people, mostly children, to
Logistics experts warn of supply chain disruptions if UPS strike occurs
WASHINGTON — Contentious labor negotiations now underway at UPS could become vastly more disruptive than the last time it happened in 1997. UPS delivers millions
U-Haul truck driver who crashed into security barrier at park near White House is arrested
WASHINGTON — Police have arrested a Missouri man they believe intentionally crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier at a park across from the
Inspectors clear Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge as safe after it was hit by crane
ST. IGNACE, Mich. — A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge, although an official says inspectors found
Victims of deadly Oregon big rig crash were farmworkers, union says
ALBANY, Ore. — The victims of one of Oregon’s deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically
Big rig driver arrested in multi-vehicle freeway crash that killed 7 in Oregon
ALBANY, Ore. — The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one
Oregon police still investigating multi-vehicle crash that killed 7 on Interstate 5
ALBANY, Ore. — Authorities were investigating one of Oregon’s deadliest crashes in recent years on Friday, May 19, a day after seven adults were killed
Judge halts bridge project, says Alabama transportation director had ‘personal vendetta’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Driven by a “personal vendetta” against a toll bridge company, Alabama’s transportation director planned to build an unnecessary bridge across the Intracoastal
7 dead in crash between 2 big rigs, van on Interstate 5 in Oregon
ALBANY, Ore. — Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicles on Thursday, May 18, along Interstate 5 in
26 die in fiery crash between 18-wheeler, passenger van south of Texas/Mexico border
MEXICO CITY — A fiery highway crash involving a passenger van and a freight truck killed 26 people in northern Mexico on Sunday, May 14,
Tesla shouldn’t call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says
WASHINGTON — Tesla shouldn’t be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves, the top U.S. transportation official says. Transportation
2 killed after car smashes into big rig during Yankton, South Dakota, police chase
YANKTON, S.D. — Two people were killed and a third person was critically injured Wednesday after a South Dakota police chase at speeds over 100
Interstate 55 reopens in southern Illinois after ‘horrific’ crash that involved multiple big rigs
DIVERNON, Ill. — Winds stirred up a wall of dust from farm fields that engulfed a stretch of busy interstate highway in a matter of
Multiple big rigs involved in Illinois crashes caused by dust storm; at least 6 dead along I-55
DIVERNON, Ill. — A windstorm in southern Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields on Monday, May 1, causing numerous crashes