transportation

The Biden administration will issue $200 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday.

A new report says that crash and fatality rates among drivers under 21 have fallen dramatically in the U.S. during the past 20 years, while noting young drivers are still the riskiest group behind the wheel.

Waymo started a progressive tour for its self-driving cars that launched in Santa Monica and Venice. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News on Oct. 11, 2023.

The crash happened in a suburb near Venice.

Pilots for United Airlines have ratified a new four-year contract that their union says is worth more than $10 billion. The union previously said the deal would raise pay by up to 40% over four years. The Air Line Pilots Association said Friday that 82% of pilots who took part in the voting favored the agreement. Garth Thompson, leader of the...

The Biden administration has awarded $1.4 billion to projects improving railway safety and boosting rail capacity.

Effective immediately, Cruise and Waymo’s robotaxis have permission to operate 24/7 across San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County, but it’s not yet clear when the general public will be allowed to book trips with the self-driving taxi services.

The $17,000 grant from the Southern California Association of Governments will help bicyclists in Los Angeles and Glendale

Union Pacific lifts pause on exports to LA, Long Beach, but with West Coast port volatility spreading to railroads, a freight index ups risk level to ‘severe.’

An enormous freighter packed with salt got a little too close to the shore in the Detroit River on Wednesday.

Federal regulators are warning railroads that the long trains they favor can cause all kinds of problems and contribute to derailments.

Residents of Los Angeles County that need to travel short distances can do so through the shared transportation service that Metro offers.

The reason Americans drive on the right side of the road has a lot to do with horses and dates back to colonial times.

A freight train derailed and caught fire overnight in Raymond, Minnesota.

A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday.

A Highway Patrol trooper nearly got hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 80 in Rawlins, Wyoming.

Dubai again is planning for the takeoff of flying taxis in this futuristic city-state on the Arabian Peninsula.

At least one person was injured Friday when a Metrolink train collided with a vehicle in Covina, Calif.

Crews in Ohio are beginning to release toxic chemicals from five cars of a derailed train near the Pennsylvania state line to reduce the threat of an explosion. Flames and black smoke billowed high into the sky from the derailment site Monday afternoon. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency confirmed the controlled release was underway. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier ordered...

Blaming the chaos to their flight schedule on this past week’s winter storm, Southwest said in a statement that the winter weather caused disruptions to their full holiday travel plans, causing the catastrophic cancellations.