The Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report found that the nation’s highway conditions are deteriorating, especially in a group of problem-plagued states that are falling behind on repairing deficient bridges, maintaining interstate pavement and reducing urban traffic congestion.
New bill would authorize $287 billion over five years, with that total marking an increase of over 27% from levels of the FAST Act highway bill.
Every time Rolf Lockwood sees a policeman or a tow-truck driver working at the side of a busy road, he gets the willies. Read more in the Locking it In blog.
Three-point seat belts have saved over a million lives since their introduction. Volvo is celebrating the design's 60th anniversary by stressing to truck drivers the safety benefit of belting up..
On an early morning in March, a 2018 Tesla Model 3 electric-powered passenger vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer near Delray Beach, Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board now says the car’s autonomous control system was engaged at the time of the accident.
California, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon and Utah are the recent recipients of Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grants totaling $10.2 million and awarded by the Federal Highway Administration.
When we’re talking about autonomous vehicles, the ethics questions are many, and developing a single ethical standard may be harder than it sounds.
Many trailers need energy absorbing rear impact guards, but many don't. Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg talks about them.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety administrator Raymond Martinez spoke at the TCA annual convention saying right off the bat that the FMCSA does not have a monopoly on safety and explained that the agency he’s helmed for just shy of a month “needs to remain open to ideas other may have” on how to improve highway safety.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendations on loading and inspecting propane truck tankers after its investigation of a 2016 crash.