Transportation

Winter's full fury arrived late in much of the country, but once it did it was relentless, forcing state transportation agencies to spend more than $1 billion to keep highways safe and passable, according to a first-of-its-kind survey.

Drivers who picketed several trucking firms at the nation's busiest seaport complex have returned to work after a weeklong strike they say will not be their last.

Airlines are making big profits, and CEOs are cashing in.

California officials dramatically scaled back habitat restoration planned during construction of two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water to farms and millions of people.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.53 or 1.1 percent, to $46.45.

For airlines, the record profits keep coming, thanks to cheaper jet fuel.

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $932 million.

Boston's public transit agency is letting people ride for free for a day as a goodwill gesture following a winter of disastrous breakdowns.

Lower fuel prices are helping United Airlines earn record profits despite a dip in revenue.

The CEO of American Airlines, who got $12.3 million in compensation last year, will stop drawing a salary and instead be paid entirely in company stock.

Authorities say a SkyWest Airlines flight from Chicago has made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, and at least one passenger lost consciousness.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing major changes to Boston's public transit system after pounding snowstorms this winter slowed the nation's oldest subway system to a crawl, frustrating hundreds of thousands of riders.

An Arab-Jewish woman who was strip-searched at a Detroit-area airport has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed on her behalf.

The nation's largest trucking industry group wants the government to get moving on a rule requiring speed-limiters on big rigs.

The Transportation Security Administration is tightening security rules for airline and airport workers in the wake of a criminal case in which an Atlanta baggage handler was accused of smuggling guns on commercial jets, Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said Monday.

A woman has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, claiming crew members mistook her husband's medical emergency for unruly behavior aboard a California flight.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.49 or 1.1 percent, to $45.25.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.50 or 1.1 percent, to $45.26.

Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.23 or .5 percent, to $44.76.

New Yorkers may soon be able to count calories burned and miles traveled while pedaling Citi Bikes, the popular bicycle-sharing program with a troubled history that is undergoing a major overhaul under new leadership.