As the village of East Palestine, Ohio, contended with the aftermath of last month’s train derailment and environmental contamination, residents in South Florida endured their own rail scare ...

The freight rail industry’s lobbying power extends beyond safety. It was on display last year when Congress acted to stop a looming strike and implemented a contract between the industry and ...

Tri-Rail started in 1989 to relieve traffic on that highway. Chris Persaud covers transportation in Palm Beach County for The Palm Beach Post. Email news tips and ideas to [email protected] .

The Rail Safety Act would move freight transport off rail and onto trucks, ... (It would also add to the congestion on our nation’s roads, which has spiked post-pandemic.) ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday it will begin a broad look at the company’s safety culture — the first such investigation within the rail industry since 2014.

Tri-Rail has expanded service in recent years to include subsidized rides on Uber, Lyft and taxi services to and from train stations, along with an express train for rush hour commuters.

Yet lawmakers say Colorado is severely under-resourced when it comes to rail safety, with only a handful of federal inspectors covering the state in addition to other regions. “It’s in our interests ...

Colorado has received a federal infusion of $66.4 million in transportation funds to boost freight train safety and enable expansion along rail corridors northwest of Denver, setting up ...

Already in a few decades of work, Operation Lifesaver has helped reduce rail collisions from about 12,000 incidents in 1972 to approximately 2,201 in 2022. That’s an impressive achievement, but ...

The MTA’s much-mocked subway safety rail test has barely left the station. Since January, just 10 subway stations have received metal barriers designed to prevent deadly falls and shoves onto ...