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No more weekend closures for Boston's nearly complete Sumner Tunnel
Boston’s Sumner Tunnel will no longer need to be closed on weekends, as the major rehabilitation project that’s required the key roadway to repeatedly close, MassDOT says.
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WATCH: Train collides with 18-wheeler carrying a tank
A train in Goose Creek, South Carolina, collided with an 18-wheeler carrying a tank Thursday after the truck became stuck on the tracks
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Cars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share it?
Transportation officials are hoping a major investment in a technology allowing cars to talk to other cars about hazards on the road could be part of the solution to a recent surge in traffic deaths.
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Some Jeep SUVs and pickups are catching fire even after engines are turned off, owners say
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks with the ignition turned off.
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Can water taxis help solve Boston's traffic troubles?
Drew Rollert hopes his company, Wada Hoppah, can launch a new form of transportation that utilizes the Charles River.
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Can a water shuttle help solve Boston's traffic troubles?
Drew Rollert is a man worried about traffic, even if he isn’t currently isn’t in it, as he cruises the Charles River on a pleasant Thursday afternoon. He sees the Charles as the answer to Boston’s traffic troubles. “The river was the number one artery into and out of Boston. Period,” he said. “There was no Mass. Pike, Storrow Drive,...
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Boston is offering eligible residents money to buy a new e-bike
The City of Boston wants more cyclists on its streets and it’s willing to pay you to become one. Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of the Boston E-Bikes Incentive on Monday, a program that will offer eligible residents a voucher toward the purchase of an e-bike and the safety equipment that goes along with it. According to Wu,...
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BMW recalls nearly 300,000 SUVs over interior cargo rail issues
BMW is recalling more than 291,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the interior cargo rails can detach in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
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GM fined $146 million after EPA finds 5.9 million older vehicles emitted excess carbon dioxide
General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.
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Uber offers $1,000 to ditch your car for five weeks
The One Less Car trial comes at a time when the average monthly cost of vehicle ownership in the U.S. is more than $1,000.
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Uber, Lyft argue they're not transportation providers as Mass. trial starts
Uber and Lyft kicked off a defense of their worker classification status quo in Massachusetts Monday by pitching themselves as technology companies that facilitate easier transportation, not outright transportation providers. Laying out the case they will make before a Suffolk Superior Court judge over the coming weeks, state prosecutors alleged that Uber and Lyft have long violated state law by…
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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads
Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.
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From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.
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‘Stop! Stop!': Two planes nearly collide at DC's Reagan National Airport
The planes, one from Southwest and one from JetBlue, nearly ended up crossing the same runway while that JetBlue flight was taking off.
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Nearly 3 million Honda vehicles at risk of recall as NHTSA probes emergency brake issue
A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall. Here’s what you should know.
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Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600M in settlement related to train derailment in eastern Ohio
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.
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Tesla autopilot and 10 other assisted-driving systems receive ‘poor' rating from IIHS safety review
A new insurance industry report is grading the major carmakers’ assisted driving systems.
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Can Gov. Healey ultimately keep her budget promises on transportation?
While a new panel of government officials, transportation activists and commuters prepare for another round of investigation into how the state should fund roads and transit, Gov. Maura Healey will keep an open mind — including around the possibility of new or increased taxes. Healey neither embraced nor ruled out the idea of pursuing new tax or fee increases to…
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Can Gov. Healey's budget keep its promises on transportation?
With tax revenues coming in shorter than expected, it may be hard for Gov. Maura Healey to get her budget – and its promises for the MBTA and other transit projects – passed for 2025.
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Boston keeping its 3 fare-free bus routes free to ride for longer
Three of the MBTA’s most high-traffic bus routes will remain free-to-ride through March 2026, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday, citing the positive impact the pilot program has had on riders’ savings and ridership numbers. Routes 23, 28 and 29 have been fare-free since February 2022, when Wu announced a two-year extension to a pilot program on Route 28 that…