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The federal government said that it will take action this year that could eventually require Metra and other railroads to install inward-facing video cameras in locomotives.

The Transportation Security Administration will soon inspect aircraft repair stations to lower the risk of theft and other terrorism-related activity.

The TSA confiscated 20 percent more guns at airports in 2013, with the Atlanta airport having the most seizures at 110.

Raymond Diaz, former chief of the New York City Police Department Transit Bureau, will become director of security at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Lax security in the employee parking lot and shuttle at Tampa International Airport is a potential danger to the airport, passengers and crew, say dozens of airline employees.

A man wearing women's clothing breached a fence and walked onto a runway at the Newark airport on Christmas Day.

All U.S. troops heading home for the holidays will be granted “expedited screening” at airport security lines with their shoes still on.

Little more than a month after the killing of Transportation Security Administration officer Geraldo I. Hernandez at Los Angeles International Airport, 59 percent of those polled by a conservative think tank say TSA agents should be armed, LA Times reports.

The Transportation Security Administration recently issued a solicitation for “Credential Authentication Technology” (CAT) which would ensure that only legitimate airport personnel, airline crews, non-traveling passengers using a gate pass, law enforcement officers and Federal Air Marshals can be granted access to sterile airport areas.

In response to criticism that passengers were not kept informed after the Terminal 3 shooting in November, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will create a response team to assist travelers by passing out water, snacks, diapers and formula, as well as being available to answer customers' questions, during emergency operations, Daily Breeze reports.