Tag: Transportation

California Gov. Jerry Brown holds bill which he signed to authorize initial construction of California's $68 billion high-speed rail line with Lynn Schenk, vice chair of the Authority Board and longtime proponent of high-speed rail looking on in Los Angeles on July 18, 2012. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Already months late, California still hasn’t purchased land for high-speed rail

Conn Carroll · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

A San Jose State University study found that 58 percent of Americans would support a 10-cent gas tax increase to maintain roadways, and 54 percent would support the tax if it would improve safety. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Gas tax is an investment, and should be treated that way

Jim Ely · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Dept. of Transportation Audit of Stimulus Money Terminated Despite Estimated Improper Payments of $100M

Jeryl Bier · July 16, 2013 10:02 am

This aerial photo shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Obama sends ‘thoughts and prayers’ to victims of airliner crash

Susan Crabtree · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

Office of Investigations looked into allegations regarding a Customer Service Representative who allowed his girlfriend to ride the Amtrak train for free. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Amtrak worker fired for sex on the job

Joel Gehrke · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

FAA pilot, aircraft register full of holes

Kelly Cohen · July 3, 2013 4:00 am

A bill introduced by Sen. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., would limit the TSA's ability to search you away from airports. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Lawmaker moves to end TSA’s power to grope outside of airports

Susan Ferrechio · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in his final press conference, said gas prices aren't going down. Getty Images

Energy and Environment

Transportation secretary: Buy a hybrid, gas prices will never go down

Paul Bedard · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

House priorities: Naming St. Louis bridge for Stan ‘The Man’ Musial

Paul Bedard · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

A Metro train arriving at McPherson Square station last year.

Metro train operators run five red signals

Kytja Weir · June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Crime down at Montgomery County Metro stations

Kate Jacobson · June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Firefighters work to rescue trapped passengers from a commuter train on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 13, 2013. A two-level train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute Thursday. Firefighters and police are pulling passengers from the wreckage. Train operator spokesman Pablo Gunning says there are "various fatalities" though has not specified how many. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentine train wreck kills 3, injures hundreds

Washington Examiner · June 13, 2013 4:00 am