Tag: Transportation

Confirmation bias and punditry-by-the-seat-of-one's-pants produced its own sort of train-wreck on the morning after the real crash. (AP)

Don’t feed the Amtrak beast

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2015 9:00 am

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

Lies, damned lies, and Amtrak advocacy

David Freddoso · May 13, 2015 7:29 pm

"It is deeply troubling that my Republican colleagues defeated an amendment to fully fund Amtrak just hours after his tragic rail crash," said Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, who is the top Democrat on the Appropriations panel. (AP File)

Democrats call on GOP to double Amtrak’s 2016 funding

Susan Ferrechio · May 13, 2015 5:11 pm

Trump's pushback toward Krauthammer came in a series of tweets, in which Trump called him "one of the worst and most boring political pundits." Â (AP Photo)

Democrats, Donald Trump view train crash as political opportunity

Ryan Lovelace · May 13, 2015 5:00 pm

President Obama pauses during a meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The president said the derailment of Amtrak Train 188 "is a tragedy that touches us all." In a statement, Obama said he is offering prayers to the families who lost loved ones and the passengers beginning to recover. (AP Photo)

Obama ‘shocked, saddened’ by Amtrak derailment

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 4:42 pm

An Amtrak train that originated in Washington, D.C., derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing at least five and injuring 50 more. (AP Photo)

Seven dead, at least 200 injured in Tuesday’s Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 2:37 pm

Judicial Watch: TSA pat downs at 3 airports ‘violated,’ ‘humiliated’ passengers

Judicial Watch: TSA pat downs at 3 airports ‘violated,’ ‘humiliated’ passengers

Paul Bedard · May 12, 2015 3:27 pm

This Feb. 17, 2015, file photo shows a train derailment that sent a tanker with crude oil into the Kanawha River near Mount Carbon, W.Va. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Stricter safety standards for oil tanker cars announced

John Siciliano · May 1, 2015 5:15 pm

The change comes on the heels of a federal judge's decision last week to allow a pro-Israel group to run ads on subway cars and busses. (AP Photo)Â

New York transit board votes to ban political ads from subways, busses

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2015 7:39 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder, center, walks with his wife Sharon Malone, left, as he leaves his office for six years to a farewell gathering at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2015. An office in his department that oversees the Freedom of Information Act throughout the executive branch failed a recent test of its compliance with the open government law.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Two-thirds of federal agencies flunked Freedom of Information Act test

Sarah Bedford · April 28, 2015 6:37 pm

Passengers board a bus outside the MBTA subway stop in Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Beltway Confidential

Why fixed-rail mass transit is a niche transportation mode

Michael Barone · April 25, 2015 9:01 pm

$753 million in federal agreements were approved by unqualified officials

Ethan Barton · April 13, 2015 7:44 pm