Transportation

Authorities say a passenger is dead after a vehicle couldn't stop at the bottom of a steep, snow-covered hill and slammed into a commuter train on its way to Philadelphia.

Delaware state Senator Bryan Townsend said DelDOT crews should be paid more for working in dangerous conditions.

The ferry crossing between New Jersey and Delaware will not operate Thursday due to a buildup of ice on the Cape May side.

There were no fatalities on commercial passenger jets in 2017, according to two groups that track airplane crash data, making it the safest year in modern aviation history.

As battery technology improves and cities get denser, some startups are seeking to produce cheaper and greener mopeds, scooters, and motorized bikes.

The death of a cyclist who was struck by a privately owned trash truck last month has spurred demands for safer bike lanes.

The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year.

New Jersey Transit is still working to get positive train control installed by a December 2018 deadline. That deadline was already extended by Congress once.

People traveling through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport struggled to get home Sunday after a power outage there forced hundreds of flight cancellations.

In a news release Sunday evening, the utility said the "the issue may have involved a fire which caused extensive damage in a Georgia Power underground electrical facility."

The Philadelphia Parking Authority named state Rep. Scott Petri as its new executive director on Friday.