Tag: Transportation

A male White-tailed deer crosses the street. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Washington Secrets

States warn: Most deer collisions happen in October-December

Paul Bedard · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

The electric receptacle on the Fiat 500e car is pictured at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California November 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Energy and Environment

Reuters: Eight U.S. states band together to promote clean cars

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Starting Jan. 2, Nevada officials will begin accepting applications and issuing driver authorization cards to residents who can't prove their identity to qualify for a standard driver's license.

Nevada DMV launches Web link for driver cards

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers enter a BART station Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. A contentious, on-again, off-again Bay Area transit strike infuriated hundreds of thousands of commuters forced to wait hours for overcrowded buses and ferries and brought grave questions when two workers were killed. The labor clash now appears to be heading toward resolution, but unions now face calls to ban transit strikes, and political leaders are struggling to assure communities they wonÃ?t be economically and socially jeopardized again by union disputes. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Labor clash over San Francisco’s BART transit system resolved after deadly accident

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Leaving the driving to a computer has big benefits

Joan Lowy · October 22, 2013 7:42 pm

National Security

NYTimes: Security check now starts long before you fly

Washington Examiner · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Former Secretary of Transportation RayÃÂ LaHood is calling on the Obama administration to consider a 10-cent tax and other ways to raise money to fix roads.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington Secrets

10-cent gas tax hike support grows

Paul Bedard · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Mourners hold candles to honor the memory of two workers who were killed during a train accident in Walnut Creek, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013. Two federal accident investigators arrived in the San Francisco Bay area on Sunday to examine the deaths of two transit workers who on Saturday, were struck by an out-of-service commuter train performing routine maintenance against the backdrop of a labor strike. (AP Photo/Eric Slomanson)

New talks raise hopes for end to San Francisco transit strike

Associated Press · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

Multiple police officers on motorcycles were present at the memorial before the meeting was scheduled to take place - but they soon left the site when no one arrived. (Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Delayed by traffic, protesting truckers miss World War II Memorial meeting

Charlie Spiering · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Union leader calls for hike in gas taxes

Sean Higgins · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This July 6, 2013, file photo, shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The pilots of Asiana Flight 214, as well as the airline, are raising the possibility that a key device that controls the Boeing 777's speed may have malfunctioned, an aviation expert familiar with the investigation into the crash said Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Pilots, airline fault equipment in Asiana crash

Joan Lowy · October 8, 2013 10:27 pm

Correction: Shutdown-FAA story

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 5:16 pm