For now, I-95 will be closed in both directions for weeks as the summer travel season starts.
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of I-95 will likely raise the cost of consumer goods because truckers must now travel longer routes.flipped over on an Interstate 95 off-ramp
The collapse is snarling traffic in Philadelphia as the summer travel season starts, upending hundreds of thousands of morning commutes, disrupting countless businesses and forcing trucking companies to find different routes. Buttigieg said he had not seen any sort of estimate for what sort of cost increases consumers might be facing, but said the trucking industry is working to make the most of alternative routes. He also suggested that the U.S. Department of Transportation is working with route-selecting software firms such as Google and Waze to optimize their products.
Subodha Kumar, a professor of statistics, operations and data science at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, said it is impossible to calculate the scale of shipping delays and higher costs caused by detours without analyzing all the alternative trucking routes.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Buttigieg, other officials to visit collapsed section of Interstate 95 in PhiladelphiaAn out-of-control tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp, caught fire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway.
Read more »
Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in PhiladelphiaU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is promising to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and says the destruction of a section of I-95 in Philadelphia will likely raise shipping costs because truckers must now travel longer, pricier routes
Read more »
Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in PhiladelphiaU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of I-95 will likely raise shipping costs because truckers must now travel longer routes. Speaking near the site where an out-of-control tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an Interstate 95 off-ramp and caught fire, Buttigieg said he expected that disruptions in trucking routes will put “upward pressure” on costs along the East Coast. The collapse is snarling traffic in Philadelphia as the summer travel season starts, upending hundreds of thousands of morning commutes, disrupting countless businesses and forcing trucking companies to find different routes.
Read more »
Portion of I-95 overpass collapses in Philadelphia following large vehicle fire, closing interstateA large vehicle fire broke out beneath a highway overpass in Philadelphia early Sunday morning, causing one section of the I-95 interstate to collapse and blocking travel in both directions, authorities said.
Read more »
Philadelphia Highway Collapse Could Impact Major Interstate 'For a Long Time'Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he would declare an emergency on Monday so the state could access federal money for repairs, which could take months.
Read more »
Interstate 95 collapse repairs to take 'months' in Philadelphia, officials sayRepairs on Interstate 95 are expected to take 'months' after an elevated section collapsed in Philadelphia when a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire, officials say.
Read more »