Duffy Pulls $160 Million From California Over Truck Licenses January 8, 2026 By Cailley LaPara The U.S. Department of Transportation is withholding about $160 million from California after the state delayed canceling thousands of commercial...
Colorado Faces $24M Funding Cut for Illegal Commercial Driver’s Licenses December 30, 2025 The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of...
NHTSA Shedding More Than 25% of Employees July 18, 2025 By David Shepardson The U.S. auto safety agency is shedding more than 25% of its employees under financial incentive programs to depart the...
US DOT Declares Fuel Economy Rules Exceeded Legal Authority June 9, 2025 By David Shepardson The Transportation Department paved the way for looser U.S fuel economy standards on Friday by declaring that former President Joe...
Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars November 19, 2024 By David Welch and Allyson Versprille Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles...
California Trucking Firm Owner Sentenced in Deadly Blast December 5, 2022 A Southern California trucking company owner who ordered the illegal repair of a tanker that led to a deadly explosion...
Roadkill Report Names California’s Deadliest Highways, Costs November 12, 2021 Tens of thousands of mountain lions, bears, bighorn sheep, squirrels, birds and lizards have met their fate in collisions with...
Mississippi Receives $23M in Federal Funds for Flood Relief September 28, 2020 Mississippi has received nearly $23 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to repair federal roadways...
Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island February 28, 2019 Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y.,...
Alabama Chiropractor Gets 3 Years in Trucker Health Exam Fraud Case January 15, 2019 An Alabama-based chiropractor, who was accused in a scheme to conduct fraudulent physical examinations on prospective long-haul truckers and submit...