Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a Facebook post
The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 27, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2023 an Instagram post
"The laws governing Agenda 2030 land development allows the government to seize polluted lands and move their residents to … smart cities.”
False
February 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a post
Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 a Facebook post
“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
False
February 18, 2023
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on February 15, 2023 a photo on Facebook
“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”
Mostly True
By Sara Swann • February 17, 2023
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 a video
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2023 a video
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 27, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 30, 2022 a post
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 13, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 an interview
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."
Mostly True
December 8, 2022
Debbie Lesko
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 a tweet
Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
Mostly False
By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2022 a Facebook post
The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 9, 2022 an Instagram post
Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 11, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on July 17, 2022 Debate
“We have more oil and gas permits than ever before right now.”
Mostly True
By Kelly Smits • August 9, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 una publicación en Facebook
Pilotos protestan contra vacuna COVID-19 en aeropuerto de Atlanta.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 14, 2022
Tony Kurtz
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 Twitter
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 TV ad
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 Twitter
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on December 21, 2021 News release
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 a Facebook post
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
False
February 3, 2022
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 a segment
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
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