Transportation

Fairfax County police said it’s stepping up its enforcement of distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also put out an advertisement warning of its dangers. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

Metro’s general manager, Randy Clarke, is expected to stay in D.C. for a while longer.  At a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Metro’s board is set to amend Clarke’s employment agreement with the transit agency, and News4 has learned Clarke will sign a contract extension.  The exact details of the contract extension are not yet available.  Clarke took over the...

An investigation is underway after an Amtrak train struck and killed three people who were on the tracks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, officials said.

Washington, D.C., is owed more than $1 billion in unpaid traffic and parking fines. News4’s Mark Segraves reports on efforts to enforce traffic fine payment.

Drivers owe the District more than $1 billion in unpaid traffic and parking fines, but D.C. has has been cracking down on what they call the “high-dollar scofflaws.”

Police are monitoring people who speed or don’t move over for stopped vehicles along Route 29. The goal is to ensure the safety of police officers, emergency responders, and stranded motorists on the side of the road. News4 Transportation Report Adam Tuss reports. 

What’s something that worries you when you drive along Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway? It’s probably the reversible lanes. The National Park Service is asking commuters to weigh in on improving safety in a meeting on Wednesday. News4’s Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports. 

Several roads in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C. will be closed Saturday for Petalpalooza, a National Cherry Blossom Festival event.

Reagan Washington National Airport has seen passenger traffic drop significantly since Jan. 29’s deadly mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter, which killed 67 people.

New safety concerns over more recent incidents at DCA could be making already anxious travelers feel even more nervous. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Nearly one year after the cargo ship Dali collided with Baltimore’s Key Bridge, experts at Johns Hopkins University warn ships are “highly likely” to strike major bridges in the U.S., with the risk of “potentially catastrophic collisions” every few years. “We have dramatically underestimated the risk that large ships pose to bridges across the country,” said Michael Shields, an...

A Johns Hopkins University researcher says the risk of a ship destroying a bridge has been “dramatically underestimated” across the U.S. for too long. Here’s what we know about the safety of bridges in the D.C. area and beyond. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.

A year after the Key Bridge collapse, Maryland transportation leaders say they’re actively reviewing the safety of the Bay Bridge. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Some of the notable bridges listed include the Golden Gate Bridge in California, the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing urgent safety recommendations due to its investigation into the deadly collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore last year after it was struck by a container ship. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Metro has seen an increase of riders since the pandemic and will now see even more as federal workers return to the office and people visit the cherry blossoms. News4’s Adam Tuss talks to Randy Clarke, Metro’s general manager and CEO.  

The Trump administration is asking local transportation leaders to shore up safety on D.C. transit systems. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent letters last week to Amtrak, WMATA and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser asking the agencies to produce a report on crime and safety within the next 30 days. “Crime at our D.C. stations has been a problem for too...

The Trump administration is asking local transportation leaders to shore up on D.C”s transit systems. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

The Trump administration says it wants to make commuting safer for people in the D.C. area — and Sean Duffy, the new U.S. transportation secretary, is sending letters to area leaders to make sure they follow through.

Whether you drive, take Metro or ride Amtrak to get to work in D.C., the Trump Administration says it wants to make your commute safer.