Transportation News

Community Bike Works received more than $600,000 from the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study to fund its bicycle safety and repair program for students in the Lehigh Valley.

Committing to driving safely can be “the difference between life or death,” Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio said. Many causes of deadly crashes include speeding, distracted or impaired driving, and failing to wear a seat belt or helmet, officials said.

A few dozen drivers, both behind the wheel and walking — and with a quick showing of their vehicle registration and proof of insurance — had come through for their free wheel lock as of 30 minutes into the event.

The taxiway expansion program is part of the LVIA’s new taxiway project for the proposed North Cargo Area Development Project.

The expanded runs between the Allentown area and Newark will begin Monday, Sept. 8.

The one-vehicle crash occurred late Sunday at Route 100 and Lyon Valley Road in Lowhill Township.

Two grieving mothers honor their sons killed in Lehigh Valley motorcycle crashes, urging drivers to be cautious and look twice for riders as fatalities surge on area roads.

Coalition for Appropriate Transportation outside its headquarters on Friday announced it was awarded $634,122 to further its educational programming across the Lehigh Valley.

For every 10 mph of the posted speed limit, a school bus driver should leave the yellow warning lights on for one full second after the bus comes to a complete stop, before extending the stop arm and activating red lights, police said Tuesday.

Emad Kasseri, 62, of Salisbury Township died from multiple blunt force injuries a short time after his vehicle collided with a LANTA bus on Monday morning.