Transportation

A summer of rail commuting misery is forcing transportation officials to confront a longstanding problem: the decrepit state of the train tunnels between New York City and New Jersey.

A $3 million yacht left Key West this week with two barbeque grills, 250 channels of satellite TV and a just-in-case plan for rescuing stranded Cuban rafters encountered in the Florida Straits.

A Chinese-led consortium began preliminary work Wednesday to salvage a South Korean ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, officials said.

Federal safety officials are investigating an incident in which a US Airways jet struck runway lights while attempting to land after the pilots reported wind shear.

The CEO of Poland's national airline, who is widely credited with turning around the company, has resigned unexpectedly.

Federal safety officials are seeking a $325,000 fine against Southwest Airlines and say that the carrier used a plane too long before making a permanent repair to a crease in the fuselage.

A record 4 million passengers passed through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in June, surpassing the previous record set in August 2014.

The transit network in the nation's capital remained hobbled Tuesday morning following an electrical malfunction that filled a busy subway station with smoke, killing one woman and sending dozens of people to hospitals.

California's high-speed rail project promises to reduce the Los Angeles to San Francisco trip to less than three hours.

Spanish train drivers have called four days of strikes in September following a breakdown in talks with state rail company Renfe over staffing and working conditions agreements.

If you get on a Spirit Airlines flight, there's a 50-50 chance that your flight will be late.

In a bid to create momentum for a massive overhaul of the crumbling passenger rail corridor between New Jersey and New York City, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Tuesday proposed the creation of a new nonprofit development corporation to plan and finance the project.

Southwest Airlines Co. said Tuesday that passenger traffic rose in July over the same month last year, but the carrier predicted that a key revenue figure will drop 1 percent in the third quarter, an indication of lower average prices.

Passengers are flying more and empty seats are even harder to find on American Airlines and US Airways.

United Airlines said Monday that passengers flew more miles and left fewer seats empty last month than in July 2014.