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Federal prosecutors say the company hasn't modified its "wait time" policy to help riders with disabilities. Uber says it now waives fees for riders who certify that they're disabled.

Monroe County commissioners chose about a dozen suggestions for improving traffic and safety on the Overseas Highway, from their new transportation master plan to send to the state Department of Transportation — including ferry service from Miami.

The Overseas Highway, U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys, is a state road but Monroe County has still come up with a plan to improve it. They want to find ways to make the essential road that ties together the Keys safer and easier to drive.

The westbound train, Empire Builder, was on its way from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday after near Joplin, Mont., killing three people.

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For UN Global Road Safety Week, the app is rolling out a new feature for its local government partners to send drivers safety messages while they're stopped.

"You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," President Biden said. The map shows 30 new routes across the U.S. that funding could create.

A new report warns that pedestrian deaths per mile driven soared in the first half of the year, with the death rate likely to see the largest one-year increase in 2020.

A Republican-backed effort to repeal the construction of three controversial toll roads is moving forward in the legislature. It would open the door for two other projects to commence.

The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation.

The quadrennial Infrastructure Report Card from the American Society of Civil Engineers is an improvement from the D-plus four years ago but shows federal investment is still lacking.

The state has already spent nearly $1 million on building the first pedestrian bridge over the Overseas Highway in the Keys. But now the state has scrapped the project, at the request of the Islamorada village council.