Articles tagged with transportation

Mon, May 14, 2012

Duluth Multimodal Transportation Center Gets State Funding

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The City of Duluth and the Duluth Transit Authority say the proposed DTA Multimodal Transportation Center now has all the funding ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

House leaders craft transportation extension

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With long-term transportation legislation still eluding lawmakers, House Republican leaders are planning another temporary extension of federal highway and transit funding that ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Senate passes transportation bill, sends to House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a two-year, $109 billion transportation bill to rebuild roads, bridges and rail systems after rejecting numerous attempts ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Senate transportation bill clears key hurdle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan proposal for the government to spend $109 billion over two years to upgrade roads, bridges and transit systems and create ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Spirit Airlines names fare hike after Transportation Department

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commercial airlines often complain about government rules and at times seek to change them, but Spirit Airlines has created ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Input On State Transportation Plan To Be Taken In Duluth

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The public, transportation stakeholders and local government officials are invited to provide input for Minnesota’s 20-year Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Transportation board proposes sweeping ban on cell/auto use

(Reuters) - Safety investigators called on Tuesday for a nationwide ban on texting and cell phone use while driving, a prohibition that would include certain ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Indiana transportation worker killed responding to crash

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indiana transportation worker was killed on Thursday when his vehicle was struck from behind by a semi tractor-trailer truck and burst ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Durable goods orders ex-transportation up in October

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for a range of long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods unexpectedly rose in October, but sharp downward revisions to the prior ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Obama ups pressure over transportation

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire over high unemployment, stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to pass transportation legislation ...

Sun, August 28, 2011

Factbox: NY, New Jersey transportation shut by Irene

(Reuters) - Following are details on the status of New York and New Jersey mass transit lines that were affected by Hurricane Irene following its ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Striking Verizon workers boost jobless claims

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Instant view: Durable goods orders fall on transportation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods fell unexpectedly in June, weighed down by weak receipts for transportation equipment, a ...

Mon, June 13, 2011

Acting Engineer For Mn DOT Distrist One Named

DULUTH, Mn (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation has selected Amr Jabr to serve as acting Engineer for District One which includes Duluth and ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama's transportation plan to shrink in the Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's sweeping spending plan for roads, rail and bridges is shrinking as it travels through Congress.

In the next ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Adopt A Highway Volunteers Needed

ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) - The state Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers to help pick up litter along the highways. Around 45-hundred groups ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Rural access to intercity transportation declining

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Some 3.5 million rural residents lost access to scheduled public transit service to cities in the past five years due in ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Transportation secretary optimistic about bill

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Friday he is optimistic that the U.S. Congress will pass a sweeping ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Transportation Committee Praise For Oberstar

There was praise for a Minnesota Democrat from a Tennessee Republican in Congress on Tuesday. Representative John Duncan says he will miss the outgoing ...

Tue, November 02, 2010

Central Wisconsin votes against transportation fund raids

UNDATED (WSAU) – A pair of advisory referendums on highway funding both passed locally last night.

Voters in Marathon and Lincoln County both approved separate ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Durable orders ex-transportation fall in September

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods, excluding aircraft, unexpectedly slipped last month and a key gauge of business capital spending plans ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

U.S. government seeks oil company tax to fund transportation

By Jon Hurdle

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Monday renewed a proposal to tax oil company profits and increase motor vehicle ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

Wed, January 13, 2010

U.S. government ditches transportation funding limits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is broadening the standards for how the U.S. government funds public transportation projects in order to disburse money ...