Transportation

Airlines More Likely to Cancel Flights to Avoid Fines - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

BusinessWeek

Airlines More Likely to Cancel Flights to Avoid Fines Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) New regulations announced last December by the Department of Transportation hope to put an end to excessive tarmac delays, and airlines that leave ... New Federal Guideline Has Airlines Cancelling FlightsMyStateline.com Continental CEO will cancel flights before finesThe Associated Press Continental Airlines Cancelling Flights in Response to Upcoming Transportation ...Associated Content Fox40 -New York Times -Peter Greenberg.com Travel News all 437 news articles »

Airlines improved on-time performance in January - USA Today

PR Web (press release)

Airlines improved on-time performance in January USA Today ... better than both January 2009's 77% and December 2009's 72%, according to the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics. ... US Airlines Employ 3.2% Fewer People In January On Year- DOTWall Street Journal Airlines' On-Time Numbers Improve in JanuarySmarterTravel.com (blog) Airline improve on-time performanceThe Associated Press Trading Markets (press release) -PR Web (press release) -NBC New York all 198 news articles »

Workers Saved After Fla. Drawbridge Fails - CBS News

CBS News

Workers Saved After Fla. Drawbridge Fails CBS News ... failed on a bridge under reconstruction late Wednesday morning, causing it to rise while Department of Transportation workers were still on it. ... Workers rescued from stuck Pompano Beach drawbridgeMiamiHerald.com Bridge suddenly raises, trapping workersABC Action News Workers Trapped On Pompano Beach Bridge RescuedWPBF West Palm Beach NBC Miami -Orlando Sentinel all 267 news articles »

Helicopter helps crews on I-70 - Denver Post

Washington Post

Helicopter helps crews on I-70 Denver Post Colorado Department of Transportation staffers work Wednesday to stabilize the mountain in Glenwood Canyon and repair the road surface ... I-70 hindrance may be dislodged in a few hoursGrand Junction Sentinel Crews tackle rock over closed I-70 in Glenwood CanyonDenver Business Journal Crews to blast unstable rock still perched above I-70Aspen Times The Associated Press -Vail Daily News -Land Line Magazine all 796 news articles »

Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list - The Associated Press

Kansas City Star

Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list The Associated Press It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane — a decision that's in the hands of about six experts from the Transportation Security ... Government No-Fly List Includes the DeadWired News AP Source: No-Fly List Doubled Since NW PlotChristian Broadcasting Network Source: No-Fly List Nearly Doubles Since AttackWXIA-TV all 317 news articles »

Air traffic jams in New York likely to jump - CNN

Boston Globe

Air traffic jams in New York likely to jump CNN The US Department of Transportation regulation, set to go into effect April 29, would slap hefty fines on airlines with domestic flights that sit on the ... JetBlue and Delta Airlines Ask for ExclusionManhattan Style (blog) JetBlue, Delta ask for exemptions from new rule on ground delaysUSA Today US Changes Rules To Limit Tarmac Waiting TimesE Canada Now Thaindian.com -CompareCarrentals.com -Cheapflights.com all 398 news articles »

White House: TSA nominee to avoid conflicts of interest - GovExec.com

MiamiHerald.com

White House: TSA nominee to avoid conflicts of interest GovExec.com President Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration will recuse himself for two years ... Can a military boss fix TSA's problems?The Week Magazine Obama nominates Robert A. Harding to lead TSAWashington Post Obama announces new pick to head TSAFCW.com USA Today -FierceGovernmentIT -HSToday all 440 news articles »

Financial and transportation sectors push stock market higher - International Business Times

Financial and transportation sectors push stock market higher International Business Times The stock market edged higher on Wednesday as stocks in the transportation and financial sectors made significant gains. The S&P 500 Index is up 0.58 ... and more »

Ryder to Address Credit Suisse Transportation Small/Mid Cap Conference - MarketWatch (press release)

Ryder to Address Credit Suisse Transportation Small/Mid Cap Conference MarketWatch (press release) ... President of Investor Relations and Public Affairs Bob Brunn will present a Company update at the Credit Suisse Transportation Small/Mid Cap Conference. ... and more »

Delta Fighting Despite Setbacks - TheStreet.com

Delta Fighting Despite Setbacks TheStreet.com 10, the US Transportation Department restrained Delta's bid to expand at LaGuardia Airport by acquiring more La Guardia slots from US Airways(LCC) in ... Delta keeps No. 6 ranking in on-time flightsThe Detroit News Delta talking to other carriers about alliancesThe Associated Press Delta ranked 6th for January on-time performanceAtlanta Journal Constitution Barron's (blog) -Cincinnati.com all 184 news articles »

Lawmakers take issue with transportation funding bill | Gold Dome Live
Gov. Sonny Perdue's proposal for transportation funding is running into serious issues in the House Transportation Committee, where the proposal was debated.

Up now: Senate transportation budget
The Senate is now debating whether to concur with House amendments to the transportation budget. Sen. Mike Carrell: “I will be voting against it for the same reason I did before,” he said — that Lakewood will be blocked off by rail. ...

Fuel Tax Increase Necessary to Cut Transportation Emissions ...
Raising the price of gas to $7 per gallon may be necessary to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency's 2020 targets for cutting greenhouse gas.

KAIST Debuts OLEV Train For Public Transportation In Gwacheon City ...
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a proof-of-concept OLEV train for public transportation in Seoul's Grand Park in Gwacheon City. The vehicle is powered by a non-contact magnetic ...

The Oil Drum | Welcome to the Permanent Recession – Food and ...
This is easier said than done, and there are still plenty of oil-based costs (e.g.: for transportation) that will drive up the price of both organic and non-organic food. However, let's be generous and ignore that. ...

Wash. lawmakers pass $8.5B transportation budget - KHQ Right Now ...
Some Republicans from southwestern Washington opposed the transportation plan, saying they don't like its call to study the possibility of tolling on the Columbia River crossing. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. ...

Transportation Commission approves more money to fix potholes
The Iowa Transportation Commission today approved taking some money from the five-year improvement program to take care of some more immediate repairs. Department of Transportation spokesperson, Dena Gray-Fisher, says an additional ...

The humble bicycle: green transportation » Home & Living News
In fact, cycling as a mode of green transport is actually an economic and political matter. The UK government launched the Cycle to Work initiative, which as long ago as in 1999, gave businesses tax incentives for lending bicycles to ...

General Strike in Greece to Impact Flights, Transportation
The general strike planned for Thursday, March 11th is expected to hamper most forms of public transportation and delay flights as air traffic controllers participate. Taxis will be operating but very long waits are likely. ...

Interim study charges for the Senate Transportation and Homeland ...
Review and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's organizational structure and working relationship with local governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Tolling Authorities and ...

Auto-dicted: Sans a Major Diversion of U.S. Transportation Dollars to Mass Transit, Urban Traffic Congestion May Not ... (Scientific American)
Dear EarthTalk: Short of massive efforts to build a public transportation infrastructure, which doesn’t appear likely anytime soon, what is being done to address traffic congestion, which is reaching absurd levels almost everywhere? --John Daniels, Baltimore [More]

Fidelity's Transportation, Airline Funds Soar (TheStreet.com)
Fidelity's transportation and airline mutual funds topped the charts last month.

GE Transportation hires 50 to fill order, replace retired workers (Erie Times-News)
GE Transportation, which trimmed its work force by more than 1,400 in November, is hiring about 50 permanent and temporary workers.

Managed IT Services Company, Consonus, Organizes Data Center Relocation with Hi-Tech Transportation (dBusinessNews.com)
Managed IT services company, Consonus, announces it has completed a data center relocation with Hi-Tech Transportation for ESL Federal Credit Union. The two companies partnered to provide ESL with server and data center relocation.

D300 proposes $1.6 million in transportation cuts (The Courier News)
Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education members raised questions this week night about a proposal to cut about $1.6 million in transportation from the school district's 2010-2011 budget.And they weren't the only ones.The Carpentersville Middle School auditorium was maxed out at about 450 people, and the folding back walls of the room were removed to extend seating into the school's ...

Transportation Bill Clears Kentucky House (The Kentucky Post)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has passed a transportation bill that calls for about $3.4 billion in projects over the next two years. The debate turned partisan Tuesday when some ranking Republicans claimed that highway projects in GOP districts were pushed back.

Members named to transportation center JPA (The Reedley Exponent)
In action taken last week by the City Council and the governing board for Kings Canyon Unified, four members were appointed to the newly created joint powers authority formed to oversee a regional transportation center.

L.A.'s Tax for Transportation Praised (LAist)
Columnist Harold Meyerson at the Washington Post today gushes over L.A.'s voter-approved Measure R, the sales tax which is expected to generate $30 to $40 billion for transportation projects over the next 30 years. Not only that, he loves Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's 30 in 10 plan. "Now, Los Angeles is asking Washington for loans -- not grants, mind you -- to be repaid with that sales tax ...

Transportation bill clears Kentucky House (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Kentucky House has passed a transportation bill that calls for about $3.4 billion in projects over the next two years.

Breakfast highlights transportation needs (Kingston Reporter)
The highways, byways and transit systems on the South Shore and across the state are well traveled, but one Plymouth business owner wants to know what can be done to support an alternate mode of transportation.