Southwest Air Faces US Lawsuit for ‘Chronic Flight Delays’ January 16, 2025 By Allyson Versprille and Mary Schlangenstein Southwest Airlines Co. was sued by the U.S. Transportation Department for allegedly violating rules that require airlines to set and...
Michigan Winter Roadwork Sees Increased Risks, Costs January 4, 2019 By SHAWN D. LEWIS, The Detroit News The pushing of Michigan’s roadwork into the colder months comes with great costs and risks for two of the area’s...
Alaska Quake Underscores Problem With Seward Highway Rocks December 31, 2018 By DEVIN KELLY, Anchorage Daily News The big earthquake that struck Southcentral Alaska on Nov. 30 dislodged several dump trucks’ worth of rocks and debris from...
Benefits of Improved Brakes on Oil Trains Miscalculated by U.S. December 28, 2018 By MATTHEW BROWN President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it...
DOT, Ohio County Work to Make Roads Safer for Amish December 27, 2018 Work to widen roads and make other safety improvements is planned in an area of Ohio’s Amish country plagued by...
Traffic Fatalities Fell in 2017, Trend May Continue This Year October 4, 2018 Following two consecutive years of rising figures, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that 2017...
Airlines’ Pets-on-Planes Crackdown Gets Support From DOT May 18, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Regulators are making it easier for U.S. airlines to limit the growing number of dogs and other animals being brought...
Understanding How an Automated Car Platoon Works August 2, 2017 With emerging automated driving technology, self-driving cars may soon have the capability to talk to each other and form a...
Oklahoma’s Rural Roads, Bridges Among Nation’s Worst July 5, 2017 Oklahoma’s rural roads and bridges are among the worst in the nation, according to a new report from a national...
Trucking Firms Could Improve Safety, Productivity With Big Data March 3, 2017 The trucking industry loses billions of dollars and wastes millions of hours each year sitting idle in traffic. Helping drivers...