NTSB: Latest safety recommendations

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has updated its “Most Wanted” transportation safety improvements. Included are recommendations for improved bus, rail and aviation safety. Following a [...]

Fourth tour-bus crash since March kills driver

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. PITTSBURGH – In another high-profile bus crash, a tour-bus driver died and 23 passengers were injured June 27 when the bus struck the rear of a tractor-trailer near here on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, repo [...]

Have you experienced unruly passengers?

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU, Amtrak and other labor organizations have designed a survey to aid in the development of training and awareness programs to assist Amtrak employees deal with unruly, disorderly or aggressive pass [...]

Bus safety crackdown meets House opposition

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – Increased authority for random safety inspections of tour buses and money for more safety inspectors received a lukewarm reception by the Republican leadership of the House Transportation &am [...]