Department of Transportation

The 30-day funding legislation will keep federal surface transportation workers on government payrolls and avoid shutdowns and furloughs at the Department of Transportation.

Airline passengers during the pandemic got hit with a one-two punch, first having their flights canceled or rescheduled due to COVID disruptions, then having their money locked up by an airline that only offered a voucher. Now, the Department of Transportation, under orders from the White House, is cracking down.

U.S. auto safety regulators say they will move to require or set standards for automatic emergency braking systems on new heavy trucks

A new report shows that the Transportation Department’s watchdog wanted Elaine Chao to be criminally investigated late last year when she was transportation secretary, but was rebuffed.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg shares what it was like to attend his first meeting in the Oval Office, which he had to do remotely because he was in coronavirus quarantine.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles because the software in their emergency-call systems could send responders to the wrong location after a crash

President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, is headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation

The Department of Transportation issued a new rule Wednesday that when it comes to air travel, only dogs can be considered service animals.

The Federal Railroad Administration announced Friday that Union Station will close nightly from 11 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the request of Amtrak, according to a statement from the Department of Transportation. Nightly closures will continue until the pandemic is quelled, DOT said. MARC, VRE and Metro service will not be affected. The closure will prevent entry but not exit…

A D.C. Department of Transportation crossing guard stabbed a Metro Access driver during an argument Wednesday morning, police said.

Three people, including an 85-year-old man, an 83-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl, were killed and three others were injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in North Stonington Wednesday night.

The Trump administration on Friday began an all-out challenge to California’s authority to set its own automotive emissions standards as government agencies opened an antitrust investigation and told state officials that they appear to be violating the law in a deal with four automakers to reduce pollution. The U.S. Justice Department opened an antitrust probe into the July deal between...

A quick road repaving project is underway in Southwest D.C., but not everyone knew it was coming.

Revel electric mopeds are set to roll out on D.C. streets in a four-month pilot program.

Revel electric mopeds are set to roll out on D.C. streets in a four-month pilot program.

Shared mopeds will make their way to the District for a four-month pilot program starting in August, the District Department of Transportation announced.

More than 600 people on the Hawaii island of Maui were in shelters after a large brush fire prompted thousands of evacuations and diverted some flights in the region, officials said Thursday. The blaze had reached an estimated 3,000 acres and was not contained as of Thursday night, NBC News reported, citing comments from a news conference held by the...

Members of the D.C. Council introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban people from riding scooters in the city from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and require scooter companies to follow more rules and restrictions.

The District Department of Transportation is repainting crosswalks to make them brighter and easier to see. News4’s Aimee Cho reports Mayor Muriel Bowser lended a hand in Southwest D.C.

The District Department of Transportation has ordered all Skip scooters off D.C.’s streets for at least 30 days while it investigates the fires linked to the scooters, effective immediately. News4’s Pat Collins reports.