Tag: Transportation

Michael Horn, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, is scheduledÂ to testify in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday morning.Â (AP file photo/Kevin Hagen)

Energy and Environment

Volkswagen chief in U.S. to face congressional outrage

Kyle Feldscher · October 6, 2015 3:44 pm

The authorization for highway and transit spending is set to expire at the end of October following its latest $8 billion bailout in July.Â (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Don’t make the highway funding problem worse

Michael Sargent · October 5, 2015 5:00 am

In recent years. China has been a massive machine for importing components in other countries, assembling them in China and shipping them abroad. (AP Photo)Â

China’s problems are ours, too

Washington Examiner Staff · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

States need a multi-year commitment from the federal government that they can plan and buildÂ on. (Annapolis CapitalÂ via AP)

Getting transportation funding moving again

Carla Kalogeridis · October 3, 2015 4:01 am

The EPA says Wednesday's settlement with the companyÂ resolves allegations that the Tennesse-basedÂ outdoorÂ supply company "imported and sold more than 28,000 all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles and engines that did not comply with federal Clean Air Act certification and emission information labeling requirements."Â (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Energy and Environment

EPA busts Tractor Supply Co. amid crackdown

John Siciliano · September 30, 2015 7:49 pm

The EPA and Volkswagen have until Oct. 13 to turn over the documents. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Congress turns up the heat on VW

Kyle Feldscher · September 29, 2015 8:37 pm

Gridlock on the Waterways

Ethan Epstein · September 28, 2015 12:40 pm

A report determined that the railroads would need as many as five years to complete the work. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Train safety technology won’t meet December deadline

Susan Ferrechio · September 16, 2015 2:45 pm

With low gasoline prices, driven by cheap prices for crude oil, the automakers are selling record numbers of pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, vans and other larger passenger vehicles.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Energy and Environment

Cheap gas could make EPA car rules backfire

John Siciliano · September 16, 2015 4:01 am

BillÂ Shuster's legislation designates where the government should spend highway funding, but it does not come up with ways to pay for those projects. (AP Photo)

Finance and Economy

Lawmaker: Get ready for another short-term highway patch

Susan Ferrechio · September 9, 2015 2:35 pm

Uber driver Karim Amrani sits in his car parked near the San Francisco International Airport parking area in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

Hey, Mayor de Blasio: Uber is helping low-income New Yorkers

Jason Russell · September 3, 2015 4:44 pm

Liberals should recognize that repealing prevailing wage laws, frees up millions for other projects like schools and parks. (AP File Photo)

Beltway Confidential

For better roads, repeal prevailing wage laws

Jason Russell · September 3, 2015 4:01 am