Transportation

One of New Jersey's key transportation figures says more borrowing isn't the answer to the state's infrastructure funding problem.

At 656,000 pounds fully loaded and the length of six school buses, the Boeing 777-200ER is hard to miss.

Some of the world's largest airlines are banning bulk shipments of rechargeable batteries in the face of mounting evidence of their potential to cause catastrophic in-flight fires.

Connecticut is the latest state to grapple with how to regulate Uber and other ride-hailing services being embraced by the public but angering the long-established taxi and livery industry.

Georgia lawmakers may eliminate a tax break for all airlines buying jet fuel at the world's busiest airport.

The head of the company that operates Massachusetts' snow-crippled commuter rail system says full service should be restored by the end of March.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded contracts totaling $29.5 million for eight projects around the state, including two highway projects to be funded through a 10-cent increase in the state fuel tax.

A judge has ruled that American Express violated U.S. antitrust laws by barring merchants from asking customers to prefer one credit card over another.

Members of an influential farming group lobbied Iowa lawmakers on Wednesday to approve a fuel tax increase to pay for road improvements.

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State Transportation Commissioner James Redeker cautioned legislators against replacing Metro-North Railroad as the operator of the New Haven line linking Connecticut to New York City.

Work could start in a little more than three years on a central Idaho mine containing as much as 4 million ounces of recoverable gold, a mining company official says.

Sen. John McCain seems to revel in the occasional lonely crusade.

Most California drivers would pay an extra $52 a year under a proposal to raise $2 billion a year to fix the state's crumbling roads, bridges and highways.

President Barack Obama's proposed budget would provide less money for the nation's underground nuclear waste repository but keep funding relatively stable for two major Energy Department weapons labs in New Mexico.

There's new leadership at the New York Thruway Authority but no new answers for the state lawmakers who asked Thursday about how the state plans to pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.

New York state has adopted regulations covering fueling and storage facilities for liquefied natural gas.

Tourists who fly to Colorado to try legal pot can forget about buying souvenir boxer shorts, socks or sandals with a marijuana leaf on them at the Denver airport.

Two state senators say it's time to scrap the stalled Seattle tunnel project and bury Bertha, the broken-down $80 million state-of-the-art drilling machine, so the transportation department can find alternatives to fix or replace the viaduct that carries traffic along the city's waterfront.