Transportation

The region's public transit system reported progress Friday in restoring service crippled by a string of severe snowstorms, while Gov. Charlie Baker assembled a panel of experts to delve into long-term solutions for the MBTA's financial and operational woes.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $1.52 or 3.3 percent, to $47.44.

If it's just snow, why is New England having such a difficult time making it all go away? Midway through an epic winter that's shattered records and buried Boston in more than 8 feet of snow, locals and outsiders alike could be forgiven for wondering why a world-class city that's accustomed to heavy snowfall — and prides itself on being a global center of technology and innovation — can't seem to dig out and move on.

U.S. airlines have been sparring for several years with fast-growing Persian Gulf rivals that seem to be poaching passengers from the Americans.

A historic Alaska gold-mining city could be the first place where the federal government invests in a deep-water port to serve vessels in Arctic waters.

Four highway safety groups are asking the U.S. government to require tractor-trailers and big buses to have devices that alert drivers to stopped traffic and brake the trucks if they don't respond.

Political honchos and business hotshots from across the state will board an Amtrak train bound for Washington, D.C., as the state Chamber of Commerce commences its annual "Walk to Washington." Billed as the state's "premiere networking event," Thursday's "walk" gets its name because many of the nearly 600 attendees spend most of their time walking along train cars, shaking hands and meeting peers.

Bertha, Seattle's troubled tunnel machine, is on the move after being stalled for more than a year.

Officials at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport say they're negotiating with a Missouri-based airline to link southern Connecticut to Washington, D.C.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.12 or .3 percent, to $44.79.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the Obama administration and Canada have agreed with Canada for financing a key piece of a planned $2.1 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.26 or .6 percent, to $44.76.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.53 or 1.2 percent, to $45.03.

The Cuomo administration has proposed boosting New York's oil spill fund to $40 million amid the recent surge in railroad shipping and dangerous derailments, while transferring authority from the state comptroller to its own environmental staff.

The nation's top labor official is arriving in California in an attempt to resolve a damaging contract dispute between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.

Cyprus and Egypt have tightened their energy cooperation with an agreement to sort out the technical details of laying an undersea pipeline that would carry offshore natural gas to Egyptian processing facilities.

Robin Hayes, the new CEO of JetBlue Airways, is balancing between passengers and Wall Street.

Exasperated New Englanders still digging out from three major storms that left 6 feet of snow in many areas are bracing for what's expected to be another punishing winter blast.

Shares of some top airlines companies are down at 1 p.m.: Delta Air fell $.71 or 1.6 percent, to $44.10.

Nearly half of the jobs at a sorting center in northwest Ohio will be eliminated as the Postal Service moves its local mail-sorting operation to Michigan.