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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, tours the site of a fire that erupted Saturday under Interstate 10, in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also toured with Newsom. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via AP)

Fire that indefinitely closed section of vital Los Angeles freeway was arson, governor says

By John Antczak and Julie Watson and Jeff McMurray - Associated Press

An airplane lands, top, as other line up for takeoff, center, and others are parked at the gate of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York. Travelers waited out widespread delays at U.S. airports on Tuesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up with surging numbers of passengers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Airplane bathrooms are about to get roomier thanks to DOT rule change

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks about airline flight delays and cancellations in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, May 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

New legislation would stop Buttigieg, DOT officials from using private jets for government travel

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, near the site of the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

House investigators demand answers from Buttigieg over response to East Palestine train derailment

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Portal North Bridge project held in Kearny, N.J., Monday, Aug 1, 2022. A group of environmental and racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, Nov. 17, against the U.S. Department of Transportation and Buttigieg. The lawsuit aims to halt a Gulf Coast road project that the group says will harm the environment near historic Black neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Where’s Pete? Ohio train derailment spurs more criticism of Biden’s transportation secretary

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, April 28, 2020, file photo, Southwest Airlines jets are stored at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

DOT forwards thousands of customer complaints to Southwest Airlines, sets 60-day deadline to respond

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Investing in infrastructure makes communities safer, more equitable for generations to come

By U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton

A bicycle lane along Market Street in Philadelphia, on June 4, 2018. The government has a fresh warning to states seeking billions of dollars from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law to widen roads: protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists or risk losing funds. In a new report submitted to Congress, the Transportation Department says it will now aim to prioritize the safety and health of all the users of a roadway, not just cars. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Buttigieg curbs funds for widening roads, citing safety

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

Workers bag cardboard and other discarded items at a Union Pacific railroad site on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday promised statewide coordination in going after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded boxes. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Governor vows state help in cracking down on LA rail theft

By Christopher Weber - Associated Press

In this March 22, 2021, photo Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, on D.C. statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Oct. 12, 2021, Bowser announced plans to improve the District's roads and intersections for pedestrian safety with plans to install speed humps, stop signs and “right-turn hardening measures.” (Caroline Brehman/Pool via CQ Roll Call) **FILE**

D.C. to hire more crossing guards

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg acknowledges supported as he stands on stage with his husband Chasten Buttigieg at a primary night election rally in Nashua, N.H. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has announced that he and husband Chasten have become parents. Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate, posted a photo of their two children on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, on his personal Twitter account. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Pete Buttigieg and husband Chasten become parents to baby boy and girl

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Hawaii aims to move parts of Maui road inland as seas rise

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Georgia could spend $78M to replace St. Simons Island bridge

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Oahu red light camera program advances, 10 locations eyed

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Alaska DOT officials contemplate sinking ferry to save money

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