The Biden administration is using a flawed analysis to inform a potential rule mandating lifesaving equipment on truck trailers, according to safety and insurance groups.
BNSF is conducting further analysis on a piece of fractured rail from the March derailment of a BNSF train in Minnesota, according to an initial investigation report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
The White House is evaluating a proposal that may require new trucks be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.
The Federal Railroad Administration is taking action on a proposed rule that would provide hazmat train crews with safety equipment that would protect them from breathing in hazardous fumes in the event of an accident.
The NTSB found that an exemption allowing drivers potentially to use “unlimited” work hours was partially to blame for a 2021 truck crash that killed four people.
Norfolk Southern and SMART-TD are tabling discussions about how to handle conductor redeployments as congressional lawmakers want more information about what rail safety initiatives should become law.
The National Transportation Safety Board has published preliminary findings on two recent Norfolk Southern incidents.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration will conduct investigations into Norfolk Southern’s safety practices.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s probe of the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment will include a close look at the protective housing covers on the derailed tank cars.
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, urged the parties involved in the derailment to heed the board’s recommendations to improve rail safety.
Lanes between the Midwest and the Northeast could experience delays as a result of a fiery train derailment in Ohio last Friday.
The nation’s top highway safety watchdog plans to push federal regulators to require a higher level of speed-limiting technology than currently proposed.
Federal regulators plan to require truckers to limit their truck speeds by using electronic engine control devices.
Under pressure to move more cargo faster, truck drivers are filing complaints with the FMCSA at a record pace.
Volkswagen Group has not said how many vehicles are on the Felicity Ace or the breakdown of the models, although it has been reported they included 2022 Porsche Boxster Spyders as well as Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis.
A cargo jet made an emergency landing in the ocean off Oahu this past summer. Investigators are now going to pull the wreckage off the ocean floor.
Eight missing crew members of a Seacor Marine lift boat are presumed dead.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators will look into what led to the death of a 24-year veteran of BNSF at a customer facility in Missouri.
NTSB again highlights the need for automated safety devices in trucks in its latest top 10 list.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report describes the events leading up to the incident in Vail, Arizona, that killed a Union Pacific employee.
