Illinois has fired a transportation official who saw his salary nearly double in five years, including an 8 percent bump in the final days of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration.
President Barack Obama said Monday the $787 billion economic stimulus plan is beginning to take hold and that work is coming in "ahead of schedule and under budget."
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he expects money from the economic stimulus plan to go further than he thought. That's because bids for public works projects are coming in lower than projected.
A dozen officials at the Illinois Department of Transportation got raises averaging $6,000 a year during the waning days of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration, even as the state drowned in debt, The Associated Press found.
Plans to pay for transportation projects in Georgia by boosting the sales tax by a penny have run into gridlock at the state Capitol.
Top minds at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are pulling together to tackle the world's transportation problems.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that $28 billion from his economic recovery program that is being spent on road-building nationwide will save or create 150,000 jobs by the end of next year.
A plan to build a national network of high-speed passenger trains receives a $5 billion installment under President Barack Obama's transportation budget.
First lady Michelle Obama said Friday that the work of the Transportation Department touches the lives of every American and it will play a vital role in stimulating the country's economy.
On a typical weekday, hundreds of thousands of people commute to the nation's capital, snarling roads and packing subway trains and buses during peak hours.
Retiring Rep. Ray LaHood ranks among his state's leaders when it comes to bringing federal money home to Illinois. As Barack Obama's transportation secretary, LaHood would apply those skills on a much grander scale.
When President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to get the economy moving again, he means it quite literally.
A seaports security program spurred by the 9/11 attacks has hit yet another snag, causing concern that commerce could be slowed during the busy holiday season.
A post-Sept. 11 security program for workers with access to seaports faces a fresh delay because an important system collapsed without a backup in place.
When Tesla Motors Inc. began taking orders last year for its all-electric sports car, celebrities lined up to purchase the sleek zero-emission vehicle with the six-digit sticker price.
The nation's top transportation official said the federal approach to funding is "broken" and presented a plan Tuesday that seeks to cut the time it takes to carry out new highway and transit projects.
The post-Sept. 11 program to provide special identification cards to every worker with access to seaports faces yet another problem: Most of the machines that print the cards are broken, according to a top House lawmaker.
A post-Sept. 11 program to provide special identification cards to every worker with access to seaports could face more delays because workers are not getting help when they apply.
The Bush administration will delay a post-9/11 program that provides special identification cards to every worker with access to seaports.
Athletes and high-ranking Olympic officials being whisked to venues this summer will get there with the help of satellite navigation devices — and some aid from the military.
Federal gasoline taxes should be raised up to 40 cents per gallon over five years, a special commission urged Tuesday in calling for drastic changes to fix aging bridges and roads and reduce traffic deaths.
By the year 2030, New York City could have so many people straining its infrastructure that it won't have enough electricity or housing to meet demand and rush hour traffic will last all day.
An aging ferry sank in the choppy waters of the Red Sea on Friday with more than 1,400 people on board, mainly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia. Most were feared lost but officials said at least 314 made it to safety.
After months of review with transit authority staff, talks with regional leaders and six public hearings with riders, the Metro board decided Thursday to empty the piggy bank it keeps for a rainy day.
The Metro board voted 5 to 1 to avert all but a handful of Metrobus service cuts yesterday by tapping a rainy-day fund to close a $13.6 million shortfall in next year's $1.3 billion operating budget....
Maryland transportation officials are proposing a deal with Prince George's County that would allow the government to keep nine endangered Metrobus routes in the county running for at least another year.
Once again, Republican lawmakers favor a short-sighted, "me first" funding agenda, as if citizens of Texas never drive in any other state. God forbid, a family from Dallas might drive their RV to Yosemite for vacation, no, that would never happen.
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Legislature is entering the final week of its 60-day regular legislative session with precious few of the big-dollar decisions resolved.
John Horsley, AASHTO president, said that the U.S. will need to invest $225 billion a year for the six-year span of the bill's life to upgrade highways, reduce congestion, and give more passengers the option of riding public transportation instead of driving.
Obama's recently unveiled plans of a fast rail system symbolically echo the Depression-era reconstruction schemes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar completely missed a news conference on innovative transit programs Thursday because his car was stuck in traffic, behind an accident in a congested commuter tunnel. More Articles
On Friday, EPA proposed to add regulation of GHGs under the Clean Air Act. "This finding confirms that greenhouse gas pollution is a serious problem now and for future generations," Administrator Lisa Jackson said.
The Ontario government is partnering with a California company to build plug-in/battery-exchange depots across the province, but are we simply building public infrastructure to subsidize the Chinese car industry? And does this matter?
Today's column is all about reform. We'll start with our Quote of the Day.
On April 21, the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee will get a report and (probably) a draft ordinance from the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDoT) RPZ Policy Review Project.
In a speech Thursday morning, President Obama outlined his vision for high-speed rail: "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes.
The vice president has been commuting on the train between Washington, D.C., and Wilmington, Del., for more than 35 years. The president is envious of Europe's speedy railways. They stood together today to announce their plans to revolutionize U.S. train travel.
For Paul Stregevsky, the Purple Line light rail is an important vehicle, but not for the usual reasons.
John Catoe is a brave guy. The Metro general manager could have picked the transit authority's Vienna hearing tonight. Fairfax County has come up with enough money to avoid Metrobus cuts in that jurisdiction.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the March, 2009 Consumer Price Index. No doubt the headlines will reflect the +.2% increase from month to month, or the year over year decrease of -.4%.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that thousands of major infrastructure projects being undertaken as part of his economic stimulus plan were ahead of schedule and under budget.
Transportation projects approved ahead of schedule, under budget
"Exmovere Holdings has unveiled a self-balancing, hands-free concept vehicle called the Chariot, which is controlled by subtle movements of the lower torso and hips."
Camp Springs residents will begin canvassing their neighborhoods this week, asking neighbors to sign a petition to include the entire town in the approved Base Realignment and Closure zone that will receive federal funds to build schools and roads and improve public transportatio …
GM Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets.
As many as 350,000 licensed Maryland drivers might soon face a seemingly impossible choice that could upend daily life for their families and gum up the gears of the local economy: Stop driving or get behind the wheel illegally.
Maryland could eliminate bus lines, shorten routes and increase its Metro subsidy as it works with the District and Virginia to close a $29 million deficit in the regional transit authority's budget year that begins June 1.
Electric car prototype unveiled, U.S. production planned.