Tag: Transportation

Investigation blames birds for US helicopter crash

Investigation blames birds for US helicopter crash

Danica Kirka · July 9, 2014 7:37 am

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Fed study: Snorers doze off driving twice as much as non-snorers

Paul Bedard · July 8, 2014 6:18 pm

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over how to fund highway repair projects this summer. (Thinkstock)

For Capitol Hill Democrats, ‘shutdown’ is the new ‘bailout’

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2014 12:50 pm

With the Key Bridge in the background, President Obama speaks about the economy and transportation, Tuesday at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Congress has just weeks to replenish expiring highway fund

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2014 9:00 am

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx answers a question during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2014. Foxx talked about transportation infrastructure in the United States including the federal Highway Trust Fund which is expected run dry by late August. Without congressional action, transportation aid to states will be delayed and workers will be laid off at construction sites nationwide, Foxx said. (AP Photo)

VIDEO: Anthony Foxx takes transportation funding fight to Kentucky

Lisa Ruhl · July 2, 2014 6:55 pm

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Why not let taxis, Uber, Lyft fight it out on a level playing field with no regulations?

Julie Borowski · July 2, 2014 9:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about transportation and the economy, Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. The president said 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year if Congress doesn't quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Dead ahead: A pothole in highway construction aid?

Joan Lowy · July 2, 2014 7:22 am

VIDEO — President Obama: ‘Just fix some bridges and roads’

Lisa Ruhl · July 1, 2014 8:54 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about transportation and the economy, Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. The president said 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year if Congress doesn't quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Highway crisis looms as soon as August, US warns

Joan Lowy · July 1, 2014 7:51 pm

Obama vows to act alone, taunts Republicans

Jim Kuhnhenn · July 1, 2014 7:18 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx answers a question during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2014. Foxx talked about transportation infrastructure in the United States including the federal Highway Trust Fund which is expected run dry by late August. Without congressional action, transportation aid to states will be delayed and workers will be laid off at construction sites nationwide, Foxx said. (AP Photo)

VIDEO: Transportation secretary urges Congress to act on Highway Trust Fund

Lisa Ruhl · July 1, 2014 4:05 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor

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Transportation boss: ‘I don’t have concerns about riding in GM’

Paul Bedard · July 1, 2014 3:24 pm