Both the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Transportation Safety Board have just celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
There were almost 50,000 crashes in Florida last year that involved distracted driving, and they accounted for more than 3,500 serious bodily injuries and 233 fatalities.
The NTSB determined the fatal San Jose crash was caused by a failure to provide adequate guidance.
The bilateral cooperation focuses on airport expansion, airspace, management, aviation safety, and security.
A preflight system check and lack of an indication in the cockpit could have potentially prevented the incident, according to the board.
"From an advanced system that uses multidimensional ultrasonic technology to locate defects in tracks before they create problems, to the use of drones for track and bridge inspections, freight railroads are increasingly technology focused," said AAR CEO and President Edward R. Hamberger.
The investigative update shows damaged linkage to the Boeing MD-83's right elevator was found.
No conclusive reasons were found, but certain evidence may help explain what happened.
According to the BTS notice, there are approximately 400 tank car facilities in the United States currently registered or certified to build or modify tank cars, but only about 140 have the capacity to modify or build to the 117 or 117R specifications.
The board is going to determine the cause of two incidents, one in Frisco, Colo., and one in San Jose, Calif.
The ceremony took place at the St. Lambert lock in Montreal.
"The ATSB has extensive investigation experience in the rail, aviation and marine sectors," said ATSB Chief Commissioner Greg Hood. "A move to a fully national investigation role for rail will further enhance transport safety in Australia."
Amtrak's "significant" progress on positive train control means 41 percent of passenger railroads' locomotives are fully equipped with PTC technology, while freight railroads' percentage of locomotives fully equipped with PTC technology rose to 42 percent by Dec. 31, 2016, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
The rate is up from December 2016, however.
AAA reports most U.S. drivers are afraid of fully autonomous cars.
A new report says too much speed and too steep an angle of approach caused the incident that resulted in more than $2 million in property damage.
The technology improves the communication between air traffic controllers and pilots.
The bus crashed into a concrete median on Highway 101 in San Jose on Jan.19, 2016. Two passengers died in the crash.
IIHS said there were 427 passenger vehicle crashes in 2015 where the passenger vehicle rear-ended a large truck. Such crashes have increased each year since 2011, according to the institute.
The M/V Liberty Passion is the third ship owned by Liberty Global Logistics to join the MSP fleet.