Tag: Transportation

Newark-Liberty airport police on Thursday received an unspecified bomb threat to a British Airways flight en route from London's Heathrow Airport. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

National Security

Bomb threat on British Airways flight from London

David Wilkes · June 2, 2016 6:46 pm

GAO report shows that the TSA has failed to search for potential terrorists working at the airports. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

National Security

Audit: TSA gauges risk at 40 airports every three years

Joel Gehrke · May 31, 2016 10:24 pm

Hundreds of thousands more drivers expected on the roads, with gasoline prices their lowest in years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Cheap pump prices spark Memorial Day travel

Kyle Feldscher · May 26, 2016 6:52 pm

The proposal would make the Metrorail Safety Commission independent of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and give it broad safety oversight powers. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Washington leaders propose Metro safety commission

Mariana Barillas · May 25, 2016 9:02 pm

General Manager Paul Wiedefeld made a sweeping reform to notifying riders about attacks.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

D.C. Metro changes policy to notify public about crime

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2016 1:13 am

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., gave an unofficial certificate of appreciation to the new Washington, D.C. Metro general manager because he "took action and fired people." (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Lawmaker gives out award for D.C. Metro firings

Mariana Barillas · May 24, 2016 7:13 pm

Barbara Comstock said at a Tuesday hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that she has discussed the maintenance issues facing Metrorail with businesses that "tell us we can do this at lower cost than we are currently paying." (Examiner File)

Lawmaker: Let private companies help fix D.C.’s broken Metro

Mariana Barillas · May 24, 2016 4:36 pm

The House oversight committee held a hearing earlier in the month on TSA mismanagement in which lawmakers pressed agency officials on why executives received bonuses while airport security had declined. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

TSA’s chief of security out after bonus scandal

Daniel Chaitin · May 24, 2016 1:09 am

DC Council Member Jack Evans, right, and Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld lduring a news conference. Evans warned Congress that the next time Metro suffers a safety emergency, "I'm blaming it on you guys." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

D.C. lawmaker who lectured Congress left out of key Metro hearing

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2016 6:44 pm

General Manager Paul Wiedefeld announced the terminations, including of seven senior managers. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Washington Metro fires 20 managers

Anna Giaritelli · May 20, 2016 8:50 pm

Debris from the missing EgyptAir flight has been found, officials say. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

EgyptAir flight: Debris, body part found

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2016 12:06 pm

Some Democrats suggested checked-bag fees are leading to heavy use of carry-on baggage that are bogging down security checkpoints. (Examiner File)

Dems pressure airlines to drop bag fees

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2016 6:07 pm