Tag: Transportation

"All too often, in this place as well as in the administration, we fail to match rhetoric with resources," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

National Security

Dem blasts Obama cut slashing transportation security

Joel Gehrke · June 30, 2016 5:36 pm

Federal officials will implement screening procedures at airport parking lots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

National Security

Former TSA director: Airports will add parking lot security checkpoints

Anna Giaritelli · June 30, 2016 1:23 am

This railroad relies entirely on government funding and will likely never be completed. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s bullet train on the track to extinction

Chuck DeVore · June 25, 2016 4:02 am

Volkswagen equipped its 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter, clean diesel vehicles with the rigged software. About 585,000 vehicles in the U.S. have the software. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Report: VW could pay $10.2 billion to settle emissions scandal cases

Kyle Feldscher · June 23, 2016 5:45 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency, which administers the program, is legally required to mandate that certain amounts of biofuel be added to gasoline, rather than requiring a certain percentage of the nation's fuel be biofuel. (Jeffrey Sauger/Bloomberg News, File)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers say biofuel program needs to be changed

Kyle Feldscher · June 22, 2016 4:57 pm

Under the nine-month pilot, set to start in July, 5,000 California volunteers will report and simulate payment for the amount of miles they travel. (AP Photo)

California is going to try charging drivers by the mile

Cassi Pollock · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Volkswagen unveils the e-Golf Touch electric car. CEO Matthias Mueller said the company plans to introduce more than 30 electric-powered vehicles by 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher, file )

Energy and Environment

VW goes electric after diesel scandal

John Siciliano · June 17, 2016 5:38 pm

Customers will have two credits each, up to $20 per ride, to spend this weekend, Uber announced Friday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Uber offers free rides to and from LGBT venues

Kelly Cohen · June 17, 2016 4:29 pm

Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt says it’s found wreckage from crashed EgyptAir plane

Associated Press · June 15, 2016 8:27 pm

Customs and Border Protection will require passengers to present their boarding passes while a digital photo is taken of them. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

National Security

Feds begin facial recognition testing at airport

Maria Biery · June 13, 2016 8:34 pm

Sen. Tom Carper said TSA must find a way to strike "the right balance between security and convenience." (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Watchdog: Long airport lines forced ‘honest and objective’ review at TSA

Mariana Barillas · June 7, 2016 4:39 pm

Most foreign-connected PACs have focused their election spending so far on congressional candidates and refrained from giving money to presidential candidates.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · June 6, 2016 4:01 am