transportation

Boston’s Logan International Airport is getting more than a third of a new round of federal money to make airport runways safer for planes. The Federal Aviation Administration is giving $44.9 million to Logan so it can rehabilitate its longest runway, 15R/33L and improve several taxiways, the agency said Wednesday. It’s part of a $121 million outlay from the...

MBTA overseers unanimously approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the agency’s largest labor union Thursday, praising the sizable raises and retention bonuses as a sign of a “sea change” amid major hiring and retention struggles. The T’s Board of Directors quickly adopted the agreement with Boston Carmen’s ATU Local 589, whose 3,000-plus members represent more than half of...

The goals of the agreement — “shoring up MBTA workforce numbers and ensuring the availability of quality service for all riders,” a news release said.

State Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca and MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng are now in the hot seat, charged with fixing transportation in Boston, considered in some quarters to be the fourth most congested city on the planet when it comes to traffic. “One of the biggest challenges that both the secretary and the GM have is restoring public confidence, business…

Union Pacific lifts pause on exports to LA, Long Beach, but with West Coast port volatility spreading to railroads, a freight index ups risk level to ‘severe.’

An enormous freighter packed with salt got a little too close to the shore in the Detroit River on Wednesday.

Federal regulators are warning railroads that the long trains they favor can cause all kinds of problems and contribute to derailments.

The reason Americans drive on the right side of the road has a lot to do with horses and dates back to colonial times.

The MBTA appears to be on track to start the next fiscal year with staffing levels 20 to 25% below what’s required to maintain the system and needs to hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months to ensure safety and progress, according to a new report, which raises questions about how long staffing-related service reductions will remain in place….

A freight train derailed and caught fire overnight in Raymond, Minnesota.

There are hundreds of jobs that need filling at the embattled agency, and some say new General Manager Phillip Eng will also have to clean house..

A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday.

A Highway Patrol trooper nearly got hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 80 in Rawlins, Wyoming.

Dubai again is planning for the takeoff of flying taxis in this futuristic city-state on the Arabian Peninsula.

At least one person was injured Friday when a Metrolink train collided with a vehicle in Covina, Calif.

Crews in Ohio are beginning to release toxic chemicals from five cars of a derailed train near the Pennsylvania state line to reduce the threat of an explosion. Flames and black smoke billowed high into the sky from the derailment site Monday afternoon. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency confirmed the controlled release was underway. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier ordered...

New Gov. Maura Healey was sworn in Thursday at the Massachusetts State House.

After a campaign during which she was criticized for being light on details, Maura Healey made a handful of firm commitments in her inaugural address to a joint session of the House and Senate, and to the people of Massachusetts.

Gov. Maura Healey gave her first speech in office on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at her historic inauguration.