As three bipartisan freight rail measures make their way through Congress, at least 19 states considered bills on rail safety this year.

In the fight to make roadways safer, lawmakers are toughening handheld and texting bans to make cellphone use while driving a primary offense.

To make roadsides safer for first responders and others, states have passed move over laws, which typically require drivers to slow down and/or change lanes when approaching emergency or other prescribed vehicles that are stopped on the roadway.

The $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure law provides states with hundreds of billions of dollars in transportation funding for bridge replacement, passenger rail and electric vehicle charging, along with support for existing road, transit and...

The federal infrastructure bill will help state policymakers build out the nation’s electric vehicle charging network and modernize the grid to handle the increased load.

Nine months after passage of the federal infrastructure bill, funds are flowing to the states. Policy experts at the Legislative Summit provided an update on state spending.