Amtrak said some trains in the Northeast may be delayed due to heat-related speed restrictions. Amtrak issues these restrictions when temperatures are higher than 95 degrees and the tracks reach ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation infrastructure.

A brutal heat wave across the eastern United States trapped millions of people in sweltering air this week with record-high ...

Tuesday marked the peak of the heat wave, with cities from Boston to Philadelphia experiencing their hottest temperatures in over a decade.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Passengers on an Amtrak train are safe after it got stuck in a tunnel during a heat wave. Shortly after leaving Baltimore’s Penn Station, the Amtrak Northeast Regional 94 train ...

SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said the power lines that provide electricity to the vehicles could fail if taxed too much in the hot weather – especially when temperatures top 90 degrees . “The ...

The heat wave caused disruptions to public transport across the Northeast. Amtrak said it will be forced to slow train speeds between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on June 24 between Washington, D.C., and New ...

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered outside or sought air-conditioned refuge as an "extremely dangerous" heat wave ...

An Amtrak train was stuck in a tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, without electricity or air-conditioning for over an hour during ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Passengers on an Amtrak train are safe after it got stuck in a tunnel during a heat wave. Shortly after leaving Baltimore’s Penn Station, the Amtrak Northeast Regional 94 train ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Passengers on an Amtrak train are safe after it got stuck in a tunnel during a heat wave. Shortly after leaving Baltimore’s Penn Station, the Amtrak Northeast Regional 94 train ...