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Next Sunday afternoon’s Beaches Lions Easter Parade along Queen St. East, from Neville Loop to Woodbine Ave., will feature the TTC’s two Heritage Streetcars, a 1923 Peter Witt and 1951 PCC, plus a soon-to-be addition to the Heritage fleet, a…

An Ottawa father is demanding answers after a vehicle transporting his eight-year-old son to school was struck by a railway crossing's gate arms while a VIA Rail Canada train roared past. Jim Stackhouse said three-and-a-half hours passed before he was…

The recent tragic accident in Arizona involving an autonomous vehicle and a pedestrian raises some important questions about liability. While not yet available to consumers, self-driving cars are being tested on streets throughout the United States and...

The Plainfield derailment had no casualties but 20 of the 115 cars in a Canadian National southbound oil train jumped the tracks. Three leaked up to 45,000 gallons of oil, leaving local responders scrambling successfully to prevent pollution of the…

Bicyclists pedal past a sign on Springtown Road after crossing a bridge over the Wallkill River on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail in New Paltz. ... A new 2-mile-long railtrail will link the Walkway Over the Hudson west to the…