All the headlines from our Transportation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2009 // A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the emergency landing of a helicopter in Maine says there were no mechanical problems reported before the crash.WCSH reports the NTSB states a...
Aug 10 2009 // As investigators try to piece together how a small plane and tourist helicopter came to enter each other’s airspace over the Hudson River on a clear summer day, divers were to search for clues to the crash believed...
Mar 9 2009 // Observers of the property and casualty insurance industry, who consider themselves gurus when it comes to predicting cyclical changes, find themselves in a state of perplexity these days. Traditionally, they look to the...
Oct 28 2008 // Minnesota State Rep. Jim Oberstar on Oct. 26 criticized the National Transportation Safety Board after a published report said investigators for the agency have determined an original design flaw is the likeliest reason...
Sep 18 2008 // Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended.While drivers...
Aug 13 2008 // Criminal charges were being considered against a Houston motorcoach owner and president whose bus crashed in north Texas killing 17 Vietnamese Catholics on their way to a religious festival in Missouri, according to a...
Jul 22 2008 // Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver’s licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those drivers have suffered...
Jun 20 2008 // Crump Insurance Services named Michal Walter associate broker for the transportation department in Bothell, Wash. He will be responsible for quoting, binding, and servicing renewals and new accounts; developing...
Nov 4 2007 // National Transportation Safety Board still investigating bridge collapseInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)continue to interview motorists who were on the Interstate 35W bridge when it...
Oct 25 2007 // Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)continue to interview motorists who were on the Interstate 35W bridge when it collapsed more than two months ago and expect to conclude their investigation...
Sep 24 2007 // States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths.Members of the National Transportation...
Sep 24 2007 // States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths.Members of the National Transportation...
Sep 12 2007 // States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths.Members of the National Transportation...
Aug 30 2007 // Federal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer’s deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety recommendations that extend...
Aug 15 2007 // A lead investigator of last summer’s deadly Comair plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people says the accident exposed “latent failures” across the nation’s aviation system.In an eight-page...
Jul 17 2007 // Massachusetts lawmakers say a federal safety board’s report on last year’s fatal Big Dig ceiling collapse gives a boost to their push for a national tunnel inspection program aimed at preventing future...
Jun 4 2007 // The demand for freight transportation by rail has grown steadily in recent years after a prolonged period of excess capacity. The increased demand was fueled by a generally growing U.S. economy, expanding imports from...
Apr 10 2007 // John D. Lord has joined Transport Risk Management Inc. in the National Sales and Production Department based in Conifer, Colo. He is a 14-year veteran in the insurance business, having spent 10 years in the aviation...
Dec 28 2006 // Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight.That fact — along with an effort to change it — is central to a...
Oct 25 2006 // Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., has added a new admitted market for business auto and/or trucking risks available to California transportation insurance brokers. The carrier is Lincoln...