Sep 06 Watch 7:39 How Pittsburgh is test driving tech to make your commute smarter By PBS News Hour Robotics experts at Carnegie Mellon University are harnessing technology to address the rush-hour traffic that plagues commuters across the country. Using artificial intelligence and existing infrastructure, their software could reshape the daily commute for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians by reducing… Continue watching
Apr 13 Where are the nation’s worst drivers? This data may hold the answer By Tim Henderson, Stateline A new study finds drivers' behavior can be tied to particular U.S. regions and the stringency of states' laws on cellphone use in cars. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 6:23 How did United Airlines’ startling passenger confrontation happen? By PBS News Hour The forced removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight Sunday has caused an international uproar. Video posted via social media showed passenger Dr. David Dao being dragged from his seat by officers. How could this have happened? Ben… Continue watching
Dec 14 Infrastructure strategy touted by Trump has produced uneven results By Scott Rodd, Stateline Public-private partnerships, however, have been responsible for only a small number of infrastructure projects in the last three decades. Continue reading
Dec 08 GOP, industry defeat safety rules that would have kept tired truckers off road By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The trucking industry's latest triumph has caused concern among safety advocates that it may signal the start of a broad rollback of transportation safety regulations once there's no longer a Democratic president to check the tendency of Republican lawmakers to… Continue reading
Nov 14 Quiet hybrid and electric cars must make noise under new U.S. safety rule By Associated Press New hybrid and electric cars are required to make noise when traveling at low speeds so that pedestrians, especially those who are blind or have poor eyesight, will hear them coming, under a new rule released Monday by the Obama… Continue reading
Oct 21 Packed Cameroon train derails, killing at least 53 people By Emily Wishingrad Rail officials said the train was carrying 1,300 passengers instead of the usual capacity of 600. Continue reading
Oct 14 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones banned from airliners over fire hazard By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Passengers and flight crews will be banned from bringing Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on airline flights under an emergency order issued Friday by the Department of Transportation. Continue reading
Sep 28 Air rage is taking off around the world, say airlines By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are increasing, and more effective deterrents are needed to tackle the problem, a global airline trade group said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 30 600,000 commercial drones may soon fill the sky. Here are the FAA’s new drone rules By Joan Lowy, Associated Press There will be 600,000 commercial drone aircraft operating in the U.S. within the year as the result of new safety rules that opened the skies to them on Monday, according to a FAA estimate. Continue reading