Tag: Transportation

The Senate this week will try to pass a five-year highway funding bill. (iStock Photo)

Congress faces highway funding impasse as deadline nears

Susan Ferrechio · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Unable to give clear examples of when air marshals have stopped terrorist attacks, deputy assistant administrator Roderick Allison told lawmakers that the service has played a role in minimizing threats. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Are air marshals keeping America safe?

Nathan Rubbelke · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

A BoltBus is seen leaving Manhattan for Washington DC in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

How often do Clinton campaign staffers really ride the bus?

Ariel Cohen · July 17, 2015 5:10 pm

An air traveler stands in a full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport on February 20, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

TSA sued over airport body scanner regs

Pete Kasperowicz · July 15, 2015 9:36 pm

The engineers voted unanimously on July 8 to strike unless President Obama assembled the emergency board, which now has 30 days to find a solution to the impasse. (AP Photo)Â

Obama gives in to rail union in labor dispute

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2015 5:54 pm

Uber drivers and their supporters protest in front of the offices of the Taxi and Limousine Commission in New York, Thursday, May 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Uber not part of the ‘sharing economy’

Nathan Rubbelke · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

The Volkswagen Amarok pick-up is pictured during the second press day at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show on March 3, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.The show features World and European premieres of cars, and will be open to the public from March 4th to the 14th. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

The chicken tax

Eric Peters · July 10, 2015 4:01 am

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, an Amtrak conductor checks the time as the passenger train takes on passengers in Hanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Give Calif. a high-speed re-vote

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

A spokeswoman from the Justice Department confirmed to the news service that the agency is investigating "unlawful coordination" among major airlines, but did not say which airlines are being probed. (AP Photo)Â

Justice investigating collusion among airlines

Nathan Rubbelke · July 1, 2015 8:12 pm

Lyft to pay New York $300K for allegedly violating state law

Lyft to pay New York $300K for allegedly violating state law

LocalLabs News Service · June 25, 2015 3:07 pm

Maker of defective air bags put profit ahead of safety: Senate report

Maker of defective air bags put profit ahead of safety: Senate report

Nathan Rubbelke · June 22, 2015 11:14 pm

Trucks head eastbound on Rt 50 in Bowie, Md., Friday, June 19, 2015. The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term drive to reduce pollution blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

New EPA trucking regs fuel opposition to Keystone XL

John Siciliano · June 21, 2015 4:01 am