Transportation

School bus companies in the United States are spinning their wheels in an effort to get more drivers hired before the start of the school year.

School bus companies in the United States are spinning their wheels in an effort to get more drivers hired before the start of the school year.

Rust Belt cities like Detroit are improving their industrial and manufacturing landscapes by collecting, cleaning up and marketing acres of once-vacant land to job-supplying companies.

Pennsylvania utility regulators are making a big to-do over Timm Wenger's tuk-tuk.

Critics are throwing shade at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pricey plan to install high-tech, color-changing lights on New York City's bridges, questioning whether the investment is the best use of public money.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have adjusted Gov. Scott Walker's Foxconn incentives bill to tie tax credits to jobs created and create a new worker training program.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have adjusted Gov. Scott Walker's Foxconn incentives bill to tie tax credits to jobs created and create a new worker training program.

Texas officials have recently moved to scrap tolls on several highways for the first time in 40 years, bucking a national trend toward more tolls on mostly urban roadways to shift the costs of transportation to those who use the roads.

Texas officials have recently moved to scrap tolls on several highways for the first time in 40 years, bucking a national trend toward more tolls on mostly urban roadways to shift the costs of transportation to those who use the roads.

Higher oil prices and late-summer demand are driving pump prices higher.

Higher oil prices and late-summer demand are driving pump prices higher.

Around the world, support is growing for electric cars.

Around the world, support is growing for electric cars.

Benchmark Capital Partners, an investor in Uber Technologies Inc., has sued Uber's former chief executive Travis Kalanick for breach of duty.

Benchmark Capital Partners, an investor in Uber Technologies Inc., has sued Uber's former chief executive Travis Kalanick for breach of duty.

___ Department store chains see key sales figures fall again NEW YORK (AP) — Department store chains saw key sales figures fall again in the latest quarter as customers increasingly move online.

The U.S. Postal Service is warning that it will likely default on up to $6.9 billion in payments for future retiree health benefits for the fifth straight year.

The U.S. Postal Service is warning that it will likely default on up to $6.9 billion in payments for future retiree health benefits for the fifth straight year.

Uber's head of global operations is the latest executive to step down at the troubled ride-hailing company.

Uber's head of global operations is the latest executive to step down at the troubled ride-hailing company.