U.S. Wants Regional Response Teams for Oil Train Wrecks February 22, 2019 By John Raby Federal transportation officials are requiring railroads to establish regional response teams along oil train routes following a series of fiery...
Vermont Gets More Than $2M in Amtrak Rail Safety Grants February 21, 2019 The Vermont Agency of Transportation is getting more than $2 million for safety upgrades along the route of the Amtrak...
Planes, Trains, Autos, Trucks: ’10 Most Wanted’ Transportation Safety Improvements February 4, 2019 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene Federal safety advocates are targeting three of the worst habits by drivers that kill more than 10,000 people a year:...
Firms in Patent Feud Over U.S. Mandated Railroad Safety Technology January 18, 2019 By Christopher Yasiejko Two companies battling for a share of more than $14 billion in mandated safety upgrades on U.S. railroads are set...
Denmark Bans Truck Trailers on Trains After Deadly Accident January 10, 2019 Denmark has banned truck trailers on trains following a deadly accident last week in which a high-speed passenger train struck...
Death Toll Rises for Denmark’s Deadliest Train Crash in 30 Years January 4, 2019 By Jan M. Olsen Two more bodies have been found in the wreckage of a crashed train on a Danish bridge, raising the death...
Danish Passenger Train Hits Falling Cargo from Freight Train, Killing 6, Injuring 16 January 3, 2019 By Jan M. Olsen A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people...
Two-Thirds of Commuter Trains May Miss Braking Technology Deadline March 1, 2018 By David Shepardson As many as two-thirds of the 29 U.S. commuter railroads may not meet a deadline to install an anti-crash technology...
‘Public Is Tired of Excuses’ for Delays in Anti-Crash Tech: Republican Chairman February 16, 2018 By David Shepardson The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to...
‘No-Fault’ Pacts with Railroads Hold Amtrak Liable for Accidents It Didn’t Cause February 13, 2018 By Jeff Horwitz Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in...