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Trump's DOGE Assigns Review Team To Examine NTSB Amid Firings And Safety Oversight Concerns
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 6:45am | 585The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative has assigned a review team to examine operations at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), marking another expansion of DOGE’s oversight into independent federal agencies amid mounting transportation safety concerns. What...
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Transportation Safety Expert Sheds Light On Regulatory Knowledge Gap
Friday, February 14, 2020 - 9:54am | 831The regulatory scope of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has steadily grown as the transportation industry itself has grown. Since its establishment in 2000, the administration's efforts to reduce highway crashes have generally been well-received by fleet owners and drivers...
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Canada's Transportation Safety Board Investigates Crude Train Derailment
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 3:42pm | 573The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is still investigating what caused the Dec. 9 derailment of a Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) unit train carrying crude oil. The accident, near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, resulted in 20 punctured tank cars that released crude oil and sparked a large fire...