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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is defending itself against accusations it skewed a study that preceded the shutdown of 26 so-called Chinatown bus operations in the Northeast.
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Investigators are working in Connecticut to gather evidence from yesterday’s collision between two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains so they can restore Amtrak and other rail service between New York and Boston.
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Two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut, injuring dozens of people and limiting Amtrak service between New York and Boston in one of the worst U.S. passenger rail accidents since 2008.
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A National Transportation Safety Board recommendation for states to lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent failed to earn immediate support from groups the board considers allies.
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Battery incidents that prompted the grounding of Boeing Co.’s Dreamliner are “unprecedented” safety breaches that should have been prevented by the aircraft’s design, the U.S. investigation’s leader said.
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Investigators are “weeks away” from determining what caused battery failures on Boeing Co.’s grounded 787 Dreamliner jet, the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said.
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The top U.S. transportation safety investigator today questioned tests that prompted U.S. regulators to allow Boeing Co. to use lithium-ion batteries on the now-grounded 787 Dreamliner.
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U.S. regulators’ failure to shut down discount bus operator Sky Express Inc. after finding extensive safety violations was a contributing cause of a fatal 2011 crash, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled.
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President Barack Obama is considering Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx for secretary of transportation, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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When executives of Sky Express Inc. met with U.S. bus-safety regulators for an audit in March, the problems were clear even in the rough English of records translated from Chinese.
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