Not all road trips are about the destination. When you're embarking on a long drive in the U.S. especially, you have to love the journey as well. In a vast country with cities and towns spread out ...

Some stretches of American highway are so unforgiving that even veteran truckers grip the wheel a little tighter when they see the signs. The fear is not superstition, it grows out of a mix of design ...

We can’t afford the upkeep on what’s already been built, let alone fund new projects. We can’t afford to maintain the roads we have, so why do we keep building more?

Highways are built to move us forward, but some stretches of pavement have a history of taking more than they give. Across the U.S., certain roads are known for tragedy, where crash rates soar, ...

If "Maximum Overdrive" taught us anything, it's that a big rig can be both terrifying and magnificent — a long-nosed Green Goblin masked monster rolling across endless American highways, diesel heart ...

Highway safety is a basic assurance every American relies on each time they merge onto an interstate. But that trust has been shaken, as recent catastrophic crashes involving unqualified or improperly ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...