Tag: Transportation

The California High Speed Rail Authority announced a resolution Tuesday to acquire four parcels of agricultural land in Fresno and Madera counties. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

California’s bullet train to nowhere hits another roadblock

Paul Gonzalez · November 18, 2014 10:39 pm

An Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Study: Several airports to face crushing Thanksgiving-like traffic every day

Paul Bedard · November 18, 2014 4:12 pm

A fraudulent commercial trucking operation that sparked a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigation and ended with a botched contract killing has left eight people dead and at least one behind bars for life. (iStock)

Huge trucking fraud run from behind bars ends with botched contract murders

Sarah Bedford · November 17, 2014 7:00 pm

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Think Tanks — Pump prices are cheap: Raise the gasoline tax

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2014 10:00 am

Uber and taxi regulations are often pro-business, and that’s the problem

Beltway Confidential

Uber and taxi regulations are often pro-business, and that’s the problem

Timothy P. Carney · November 12, 2014 2:16 pm

Al Sharpton accuses GOP of ‘fooling the American people,’ flips show upside down

Red Alert Politics

Al Sharpton accuses GOP of ‘fooling the American people,’ flips show upside down

Editorial Staff · November 7, 2014 3:24 pm

Atendees play new video games at the Sony Playstation booth during the E3 gaming conference on June 5, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Think Tanks: GamerGate fight reveals problems in crime reporting

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2014 10:00 am

A maglev train approaches a station on July 24, 2006 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Why we’re not going to get Northeast Corridor high-speed rail

Michael Barone · October 23, 2014 9:03 pm

Most of the $41 billion in annual federal highway spending is not adequately tracked by the Federal Highway Administration, a new report from the Government Accountability Office found. (iStock Photo)

Lax reporting makes $41 billion in federal highway spending tough to track

Mark Flatten · October 11, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a prominent member of the Senate Judiciary has announced his support for Lynch. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Schumer: CDC planning tougher Ebola screening

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2014 7:50 pm

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Auditors catch DOT staffers gaining millions in illegal cash with government travel cards

Mark Tapscott · October 7, 2014 5:00 pm

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, stands on the deck of a Washington state ferry with Lynn Peterson, left, Washington state Secretary of Transportation, and Lynne Griffith, second from left, assistant secretary for the Washington State Ferries Division, as they ride between Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Wash., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Foxx was in town at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to learn more about Washington's ferry system and the need for both state and federal funding. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Patty Murray presses for federal ferry support

Martha Bellisle · October 7, 2014 2:38 am