Transportation officials study extra long semi trailers
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Transportation is beginning a pilot study to examine the possibility of longer trucks on state roads. Last
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I-17 improvements scheduled north of Phoenix
PHOENIX — State officials have signed a contract with a developer team for the construction of additional lanes and other improvements along a 23-mile stretch
US cites ‘crisis’ as road deaths rise 18% in first-half 2021
DETROIT — The number of U.S. traffic deaths in the first six months of 2021 hit 20,160, the highest first-half total since 2006, the government
Biden: Vote on infrastructure, social spending bills near
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he and Democrats in Congress reached a “historic” framework for his sweeping domestic policy package, including the infrastructure spending
New Hampshire trooper killed in crash with big rig
|UPDATE| PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A New Hampshire State Police trooper died early Thursday when a tractor trailer collided with his cruiser on Interstate 95. Staff
NTSB chair wants Tesla to limit where Autopilot can operate
DETROIT — The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist
Lawsuit: Trucker in Pa. Turnpike crash that killed 5 wore noise-canceling headphones
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Victims of a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people and hurt nearly all the dozens of passengers on a
Nor’easter brings hurricane-force wind, causes power outages
|UPDATE 2| BOSTON — A nor’easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts left more than a half-million homes and businesses without power
2 feet of snow in Sierra; record rain in Reno; I-80 reopens
RENO, Nev. — More than 2 feet of new snow snarled traffic in the Sierra on Monday while record rainfall in Reno forced the closure
Ports of LA, Long Beach to fine firms over container backlog
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials said Monday that they will start fining shipping companies
Drought-stricken California pounded by massive storm
SAN FRANCISCO — A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday, Oct. 25, after flooding highways, toppling trees, cutting power to about 380,000 utility
Traffic headache: Container trucks jam neighborhood
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation’s busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks hauling cargo containers
Feds: Former FedEx manager stole more than $3.25M in goods
BALTIMORE — A Delaware man who stole goods worth more than $3.25 million while working at a FedEx facility has been sentenced to more than
Biden recommends new highway safety chief
DETROIT — A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency at a time when highway deaths are on
Bridge being demolished collapses, killing 1, injuring 2
COVINGTON, Ga. — One worker was killed and two seriously injured when part of a bridge in Georgia collapsed into a river during early demolition
Truck driver convicted in Colorado pileup that killed 4
GOLDEN, Colo. — A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on a Colorado highway has
Nation wonders when, if spending package will pass
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats are struggling to bridge intraparty divides by month’s end to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill and
South Carolina city wants to take over dangerous road
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A South Carolina city wants to take over a heavily trafficked state road so it can have more say in safety improvements.
Infrastructure bill still caught up in D.C. muck
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden said this week that although he expects his social safety net and climate spending package, which is supposed to
Ex-Indiana mayor gets 21 months in prison for seeking bribe
HAMMOND, Ind. — A former northwestern Indiana mayor who was found guilty of taking a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company and illegal tax evasion