Regional transportation authorities Rabbittransit and Capital Area Transit announced plans to merge to create one midstate transportation authority.

From now until Jan. 21, state officials are accepting comments for Gov. Tom Wolf’s federally mandated four-year workforce development plan, which seeks to coordinate the efforts of the state's educational institutions, economic development programs and employers of the region’s major industries to create a pathway to optimal employment.

Vijay Varadarajan, 41, is a senior project manager at the infrastructure firm HNTB, working in its Harrisburg office and focusing on emerging mobility technologies. He is also part of the team planning the Pennsylvania Safety Transportation and Research Track (PennSTART).

The Hollywood image through the years might depict truckers being accosted by gun-wielding organized-crime figures who hijack a cargo of cigarettes or booze and then drive off, leaving the bewildered driver to walk home. Real-life cargo heists today might involve organized crime, but the thieves are more likely to be wielding sophisticated GPS systems or social media accounts that redirect freight to bogus addresses. And eastern Pennsylvania is one of the main areas being hit by thefts

The PA Drone Association is on a mission. A burgeoning industry is literally taking off nationwide, and members of the nascent Harrisburg-based group want to ensure Pennsylvania doesn’t get left behind.

Robert Latham, 62, joined Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, the state’s highway construction trade association, in 2001.

Compliance Navigation Specialists plans to relocate the bulk of its operations from its facility in Warwick Township to a new facility in Manheim Township by the end of 2020.

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.

A school transportation company in York Township is benefiting from a change in bus contractors at a York County school district.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of truck drivers and motorists over the use of tolls on the 359-mile Pennsylvania Turnpike. At issue is the fact that the turnpike is required to fund road projects that are not part of the turnpike system, as well as mass transit projects in the state.

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.