Transportation

Travelers who were heading home after Thanksgiving dealt with multiple headaches with a power outage at Philadelphia International Airport over the weekend as well as Amtrak delays on Monday. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has the details. 

President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.

With air travel reaching new heights, the Department of Transportation has stepped in with new refund rules to help passengers get their money back if trips don’t go as planned.

Toyota and Honda hold their value better than just about any other brand. CNBC looks at how they got this way and explores what could knock them off the podium.

Ford plans to halt production of the F-150 Lightning until January to address high inventories and reduce losses of the all-electric pickup trucks.

A train in Goose Creek, South Carolina, collided with an 18-wheeler carrying a tank Thursday after the truck became stuck on the tracks

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York’s public transit system will stop work on a planned subway line expansion and retreat from other maintenance and improvement projects because of a $16.5 billion shortfall caused by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt a plan to fund the projects through “congestion” tolls imposed on Manhattan drivers. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board took a formal vote Wednesday...

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.

We’re learning more about the MTA’s next move after Gov. Kathy Hochul called for a pause on the congestion pricing plan. Leaders held their first board meeting Wednesday, voting to not fight the move for now, and accept that multi-billion dollar budget gap. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.

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.

The planes, one from Southwest and one from JetBlue, nearly ended up crossing the same runway while that JetBlue flight was taking off.

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.

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.

A new insurance industry report is grading the major carmakers’ assisted driving systems.

Tesla drivers had 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period from mid-November 2022 to mid-November 2023, according to a study by Lending Tree.