Category Archives: Transportation

Director of Broome County Central Foods and Nutrition Services Michelle Haus stands at the counter of the new Twilight Diner, getting set to open in the Greater Binghamton Transportation Center. / CASEY STAFF / STAFF PHOTO

FREMONT — Sandusky County commissioners are considering a proposal to create a Transportation Improvement District, a quasi-governmental entity that would seek funding for local transportation infrastructure improvements. The idea was proposed to the three-member board this week by Terra State … Continue reading →

Who knows long it will be before Virginia legislators get real about adequately funding transportation improvements? By now its a multibillion-dollar question, but at least the state has a budget that will pay the bills on the table and help … Continue reading →

Metro Police and the Transportation Security Administrations joint exercise on Houston buses this week, during which TSA officials worked with local officers, was not connected to any specific threat, Metro Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Friday. The operation, dubbed BusSafe … Continue reading →

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who has branded himself as the citys transportation mayor, is seen delivering his State of the City address at Paramount Studios Wednesday. (Los Angeles Times / April 18, 2012)

The cover of a flyer sent to metro Atlanta voters this week by Citizens for Transportation Mobility, the group pushing the July 31 vote for the transportation sales tax.

I relate it to Moses crossing the Red Sea: [I am] coming from poverty, out of debt, said Small, 58, of Sanford. He is one of about 250 people with full-time jobs working on SunRail, the $1.2 billion system that … Continue reading →

For one flickering moment last week, it looked as though Congress might, you know, legislate. Oregon, even more than the rest of the country, has reason to hope that the folks in Washington, DC, might eventually remember how its done. … Continue reading →

Visitors to the General Electric Co. website were met Friday by an image of a shiny, new, Erie-built locomotive. Maybe it was a coincidence. Or maybe it was a tip of the cap to GE Transportation for its starring role … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – The federal interstate highway system is showing its age, and, faced with the cost of repairing all those bumps and cracks, some states want to ask motorists to pay tolls on roads that used to be free. Thats … Continue reading →