Joan Lowy

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FILE - This July 6, 2013 file-pool photo shows work continuing at the crash site of the train derailment and fire in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Federal inspection teams are headed to the booming Bakken oil region in Great Plains states to see if rail shipments of crude oil meet safety regulations. The inspections are dubbed the "Bakken blitz." U.S. officials announced them at a rail safety meeting Thursday. Inspections were prompted by last month's rail disaster in the lakeside Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, near the Maine border. An unattended train carrying oil from the Bakken region came loose and derailed, sending tank cars into the center of the town, where they exploded. Forty-seven people were killed and much of the town was destroyed. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz, Pool)

Safety inspection blitz of oil shipments launched

Joan Lowy · August 29, 2013 7:13 pm

In this Aug. 22, 2013 photo, cars travel on the rebuilt Vermont Route 107 in Bethel, Vt. In what some consider a bit of an engineering marvel, a three-mile section of Route 107 between Bethel and Stockbridge, a major east-west highway that was destroyed by the storm, was rebuilt and reopened in 119 days, a job that normally would have taken two years. Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over? After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. peaked in August 2007. It then dropped sharply during the Great Recession and has largely plateaued since. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Americans driving less as car culture wanes

Joan Lowy · August 29, 2013 3:45 pm

HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 12:01 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER ON THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 2013 - FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine. Americans are significantly less worried about drunk, aggressive and drowsy driving than they were four years ago even though traffic deaths have begun to edge back up, according to a survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. At the same time, most Americans consider texting while driving completely unacceptable behavior, although one in four admit doing so recently. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

AAA: Public less worried about dangerous driving

Joan Lowy · August 22, 2013 10:54 am

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator (NHTSA) David Strickland, left. stand with students wearing crossing guard belts during a news conference outside the Transportation Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Secretary Foxx announced a new set of tools to help communities combat the rising number of pedestrian deaths that have occurred over the last two years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities

Joan Lowy · August 5, 2013 10:05 pm

FAA proposes to fine Boeing $2.75M over 777 parts

FAA proposes to fine Boeing $2.75M over 777 parts

Joan Lowy · July 26, 2013 6:29 pm

Changes urged after 5 near airline collisions

Changes urged after 5 near airline collisions

Joan Lowy · July 1, 2013 11:09 pm

Gov’t delays requiring rearview cameras in cars

Gov’t delays requiring rearview cameras in cars

Joan Lowy · June 20, 2013 10:08 pm

Close call between airliner, military helicopter

Close call between airliner, military helicopter

Joan Lowy · May 26, 2013 5:17 pm

A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLEPI.COM OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Mike Baker, Joan Lowy · May 25, 2013 4:00 am

FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted

FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted

Joan Lowy · May 6, 2013 6:46 pm

NTSB assists plane crash probe in Afghanistan

NTSB assists plane crash probe in Afghanistan

Joan Lowy · April 30, 2013 9:07 pm

Flight delays: Furloughs begin at airports Sunday

Flight delays: Furloughs begin at airports Sunday

Joan Lowy · April 18, 2013 4:00 am