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“I guess it’s kind of sad to know that in order for people to make good choices, they have to be forced to,” said Hartford’s Sara McCloud. When it comes to drunk driving, your car may soon have a say in what choice you make. “In the federal infrastructure law, there’s a provision that is going to require all...

The state is testing new technology that can help detect a driver is drunk when the get in their vehicle. The technology will be required by federal law in all new vehicles by 2027.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation said they’ve identified over 200 high-risk on-ramps, be it from darkness or even being close to a bar, that will be the focus of expanded cautionary wrong-way alert and technology. “I always try and anticipate, but also think how would I want somebody to drive around me knowing that I have my kids in my…

Under a new law that took effect Oct. 1, the state began installing new technology and signage on highway off-ramps to help prevent wrong-way crashes

The airline also agreed to refund the fare difference if a passenger has to take a more expensive flight to accommodate their wheelchair

The airline also agreed to refund the fare difference if a passenger has to take a more expensive flight to accommodate their wheelchair.

The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.

Federal officials will be taking public comment on the proposed rule for the next 60 days.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the new rule will give travelers in wheelchairs “the same access and dignity as the rest of the traveling public.”

President Joe Biden said Monday his administration will write new regulations that will require airlines to compensate air travelers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control.

The reason Americans drive on the right side of the road has a lot to do with horses and dates back to colonial times.

New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled the baseball Hall of Famer’s first name.

Southwest canceled more than 16,000 flights over the holidays.

Some new digital signs on New Jersey roads and highways were designed to grab attention, but the snarky messages got the wrong kind of attention: from the federal government.

After a punishing summer for air travelers who have seen delayed and canceled flights, the Department of Transportation is warning airlines that they need to come up with their own improvements for customer service or the agency will proceed with a plan to order a rule change. 

Police say a highway worker was assaulted by a driver who drove his vehicle into a construction site on I-84 in West Hartford.

Connecticut State Police said they’ve arrested a man that’s accused of assaulting a Dept. of Transportation worker in a construction zone on Interstate 84 in West Hartford. Officials said that they were called to the area of exit 41 on I-84 West late Tuesday night for the alleged assault. At the time of the incident, the right lane of traffic…