The trucking industry came away with big policy wins in the highway bill that advanced out of the House Transportation Committee in May, including a provision that would create a first-of-its-kind federal safety standard for autonomous trucking. While big... See more
The Surface Transportation Board announced Thursday that it unanimously decided to accept Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific’s application for an $85 billion merger, the first step in a long road to a final deal. The STB’s decision to accept the applicati... See more
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern resubmitted their merger application to the Surface Transportation Board on Thursday, months after the agency rejected the rail companies’ initial application because it was deemed incomplete. In the amended filing, the ... See more
Leaders of the House Transportation and Armed Services committees released a bipartisan bill Thursday aimed at addressing federal accident investigators’ recommendations concerning last year’s deadly Washington midair collision. It comes just days before ... See more
The Trump administration on Wednesday paid the remaining portion it owed to the Gateway rail tunnel project, and then some, paving the way for construction to resume next week. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said on X that the administration sent... See more
