Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday is issuing policy guidelines governing the testing and deployment of automated vehicles, including recommended areas for states to consider in order to have a consistent national framework.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has awarded a grant to fund a bus line connecting Brattleboro, Vt. to Boston through Fitchburg and Worcester as part of an effort to expand transportation access through rural western communities.

Angered by what they described as a new push to privatize jobs at the MBTA, members of the union that represents more than half of MBTA employees filled the audience at a meeting of the Department of Transportation.

The MBTA is preparing to more than double its spending on capital projects over the next five years, aiming to spend $6.5 billion to chip away at its state of good repair backlog and expand the transit system.

An event showcasing the potential and the current state of electric cars will be taking place at WPI on Tuesday in conjunction with National Grid.

The Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. has been awarded $2.38 million in federal grant funds for track improvements along its Gardner branch rail line.

Massachusetts should address its infrastructure needs by taking advantage of low interest rates and borrowing more money to make capital investments a recent report concluded.

The discovery of a body alongside commuter rail tracks near Boston University late Tuesday night led to a roughly three-hour delay for a Worcester-bound train.

The Worcester City Council on Tuesday night is scheduled to vote on a property exchange deal with Saint Vincent Hospital, so the healthcare provider can increase its campus footprint in Washington Square, according to the council agenda.

Disturbed by recent arrests involving Uber drivers accused of assaulting passengers, Sen. Linda Dorcena-Forry, who backed an unsuccessful effort to fingerprint drivers of app-based ride-hailing services, predicts lawmakers will need to return to the issue next session and did not rule out filing a new bill of her own.