TransCore, the Nashville-based tolling and transportation information company, opened its new Swatara Township facility last week.

State legislators and members of the public got a glimpse Monday morning of a possible near future transportation option during a demonstration and hearing on automated vehicles in downtown Harrisburg.

Applicants for the 2019 Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and the Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP) have until the end of August to apply. Eligible organizations and businesses include freight railroads, freight railroad served shippers and economic development entities.

How does a consumer ensure that the inspection-station operators are doing their jobs properly? That question is one raised in a lawsuit filed in March against a Tioga County repair shop by the family of a 24-year-old woman who died a week after her car was inspected.

Business travelers and government contractors have until Oct. 1, 2020 to obtain a REAL ID, a federally mandated standardized identification that will essentially replace a driver’s license as the de facto ID on which many have relied when traveling.

The state auditor general is arguing that money that should be earmarked for fixing highways and bridges is instead being diverted to the state police.

Budgets for public transit are being pinched by a federal lawsuit filed last year challenging how Pennsylvania Turnpike toll money is allocated to non-turnpike projects – such as train and bus services.

Flanked by a sign that read “Road to Ruin” Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today said the Pennsylvania Turnpike, currently $11.8 billion in debt, needs legislative help to prevent tolls from continuing their annual rise.