Tag: Transportation

Rep. Charles Rangel and eight members of the New York City Council were among those arrested on disorderly conduct charges after they sat down and refused to leave the roadway. (AP/John Minchillo)

New York pols arrested in MLK airport worker protest

Associated Press · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In a Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legisture in the House chambers, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, saying too many parents with full-time jobs are struggling to put food on the table for their families, has proposed raising Washington's minimum wage by as much as $2.50 an hour. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s big ideas face big hurdles

Mike Baker · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo. The plane was supposed to land at the nearby Branson Airport on Sunday evening, but instead landed at Clark Airport, also known as Taney County Airport, which has a much shorter runway than at Branson, about 7 miles away. The plane's pilots have told investigators they were confused by the small airport's runway lights, believing it to be a larger airport in nearby Branson, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Leader, Valerie Mosley, File)

NTSB: Pilots confused by wrong airport’s lights

Joan Lowy · January 18, 2014 12:01 am

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, investigators work the scene where a tour bus collided with a pickup truck on Highway 38 north of Yucaipa, Calif., killing eight people. Federal regulators ordered the tour bus operator, National City, Calif.-based Scapadas Magicas LLC, to immediately stop operating because its buses weren't properly maintained or inspected and its drivers weren't properly vetted for qualifications. Intercity bus and truck companies with a continuing history of safety problems will be easier to shut down under new regulations the Federal Motor Carrier Administration said Friday that it plans to issue. The regulations give the agency authority to put out of business operators who have been cited for repeated problems, even if their most recent inspection alone doesn't quite meet the threshold for closure, the agency said. (AP Photo/The Sun, Rick Sforza, File)

Shutting down unsafe bus companies to get easier

Joan Lowy · January 17, 2014 9:16 pm

Construction on WMATA's Silver Line rail project. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Almost a billion dollars meant for the Silver Line is being mismanaged, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

US senator: No evidence NJ traffic study was legit

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 7:03 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The crash prompted new questions about the safety of oil transportation. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said the Department of Transportation needs to speed up its timeline for finalizing new rules on the construction of rail tanker cars. His comments came after an item published in the federal register indicated that new rules for tankers might not be finalized until sometime after January 2015. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

Hoeven says DOT timetable on rail tankers too long

Henry Jackson · January 15, 2014 9:45 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Transportation Department in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Americans spend a total of 600,000 years stuck in traffic every year. The nation has about 100,000 bridges old enough for Medicare. And a recent global ranking put the United States' infrastructure in 25th place, just behind Barbados. But Foxx says he sees signs the nation may finally be ready to tackle its "infrastructure deficit." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Transportation sec’y upbeat about infrastructure

Joan Lowy · January 15, 2014 7:15 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says he sees signs the nation may finally be ready to tackle its "infrastructure deficit." (AP/Susan Walsh)

Transportation secretary upbeat about infrastructure

Joan Lowy · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (AP/Alan Diaz)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants spending boost for roads and ports

Associated Press · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The 911 dispatch recordings from the fiery derailment show initial confusion about the cargo on board. The recordings show that a member of the train crew first told emergency dispatchers in Fargo that it was hauling ethanol. The substance actually was highly flammable crude oil from western North Dakota. Eighteen cars on the 106-car oil train derailed and several exploded and burned. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

Senators call for action on oil train derailments

Matthew Daly · January 9, 2014 11:27 pm

Crude oil tanker cars continue to burn at the site of an oil train derailment on Dec. 31 in Casselton, N.D. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

Energy and Environment

Senators demand probe of rail transportation for crude oil following accidents

Zack Colman · January 9, 2014 5:00 am