Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers,...
Articles by Joan Lowy
Federal regulators are failing to refer serious safety violations involving freight rail shipments of crude oil and other hazardous cargo...
The Federal Aviation Administration says there are now more registered drone operators in the U.S. than there are registered manned...
Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline...
Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology. Some features will automatically...
The deadly Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia appears to be yet another accident that didn’t have to happen. It could have...
Commercial drone flights are taking off in other countries while the U.S. lags behind in developing safety regulations that would...
The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes...
Both houses of Congress scolded the U.S. highway safety agency Tuesday over its tardy handling of a deadly problem with...
Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used...