Austin Fast

Even with crash data at their fingertips, DOT officials had not reached out to hard-hit communities to encourage them to apply for billions in help.

Many local leaders have never gotten a federal grant and don’t know where to start, experts say. They need help to build their capacity to compete.

Two years into Joe Biden’s 5-year Safe Streets infrastructure program, counties with low traffic death rates received nearly all the money.

Despite available federal grant money, traffic deaths are soaring in poor, rural areas of the US. Why?

An eerily accurate simulation of the Baltimore disaster at Cal Maritime showed the crew couldn’t avoid hitting the bridge under the same conditions.

Crushed, asphyxiated or fallen overboard: Synergy Marine, manager of ship involved in Key Bridge collapse, had multiple fatal incidents since 2019.

Grants to fix deadly roads in rural towns nearly doubled this year, helping places USA TODAY previously found had been left out.

New EPA data re-enforce the need for urgency among activists as almost 500 cities may soon need to act to comply with new PFAS drinking water limits.

EPA testing shows a greater share of large cities don't meet drinking water standards for forever chemicals. Check your city's results on our map.

Big cities more often find 'forever chemicals' in their drinking water, but some small towns are reporting eye-popping levels of the toxic chemicals.