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A tractor-trailer rolls along the highway in Miami last November. The trucking industry needs to hire almost 900,000 more drivers in order to meet rising demand, according to an industry analysis. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Trucking industry struggles to cope with growing driver shortage

America needs more truck drivers.

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New Jersey Transit officials testify at a legislative hearing in Trenton.
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NJ Transit says just 6 percent of its fleet has positive train control

At a legislative hearing in Trenton Monday, NJ Transit said just 6 percent of its locomotives have the collision avoidance system, and is ramping up efforts.

9 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
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Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increase takes effect

A six percent increase for cash and E-ZPass took effect Sunday.

9 years ago

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Cyclists violate traffic law no more than drivers, new data shows

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File photo: A SEPTA Regional Rail train at Suburban Station. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Cops: Car careens down icy hill, slams into SEPTA train, killing 1

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.

9 years ago

A DelDOT snow plow clears the roads near Rehoboth Beach on Thursday. (Chuck Snyder/for WHYY)
Money

Push for hazard duty pay for Delaware road crews

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

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Trump strategy may pose threat to King of Prussia rail

9 years ago

A Cape May-Lewes Ferry boat crosses an icy Delaware Bay. (photo courtesy DRBA)
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Ice sheet stacks force Cape May-Lewes Ferry to shut down

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

9 years ago

Travelers walk and check their flight information in Terminal 3 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in December
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Science

Commercial airliners had their safest year ever, flight trackers say

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.

9 years ago

The URB-E electric folding bicycle is displayed Nov. 28 inside the Technology Pavilion at the 2017 LA Auto Show. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lifestyle

New wave of electric 2-wheelers hits U.S. city streets

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

9 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks before giving away new bikes Wednesday at a City Hall ceremony. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Kenney: Protected bike lanes needed, but so is funding to pay for them

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

9 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in the 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, departs from the center for criminal justice in Philadelphia after a hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors can try to reinstate charges in ’15 Amtrak wreck

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

9 years ago

(WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

No data on how often positive train control has prevented SEPTA crashes

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.

9 years ago

Passengers wait after the lights went out at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday. Many travelers were stuck in grounded planes for hours.
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Community

Airport power restored in Atlanta but thousands are stranded

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

9 years ago

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