The Latest Breaking News from Transportation Department

The Transportation Department announced that it will investigate Southwest Airlines' onslaught of cancellations Monday and Tuesday.

Frontier Airlines and four foreign carriers are paying more than $600 million in refunds to consumers whose flights were canceled or significantly delayed since the start of the pandemic

WASHINGTON — As electric vehicles appear more and more to be the future of transportation in America, the decades-old method of funding the nation’s roads and bridges with gasoline taxes will soon be a relic of its past. Yet, the last time Congress addressed declining revenues in the federal Highway…

Congress has refused to increase federal gas taxes, which have been stuck at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993.

All 50 states have received final approval to begin construction on a first nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that places one roughly every 50 miles along interstate highways

‘What’s outrageous is that lithium-ion batteries are going to become more and more prevalent in people using them because they’re lighter weight and they last a lot longer,’ the Rhode Island congressman said

LOS ANGELES — If your flight is canceled, you should be able to use your ticket to fly on a different airline to reach your final destination.

The federal government is proposing tougher rules for when airlines must give passengers refunds for changing their travel plans

It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.

The Biden administration is nudging airlines to make it easier for families to sit together on planes at no extra charge

The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.