Tag: transportation
Electric car technology coming back into popularity
The 21st century race to create a zero-emissions vehicle mimics the scramble to develop engine technology in the 1900s....
Feds open investigation into Jet Blue tarmac delay over the weekend (with video)
The Department of Transportation will investigate Jet Blue's tarmac delays from this weekend, which left some passengers stuck on the tarmac of an airport in Connecticut....
California turns to Chinese company, labor to build most of new Bay Bridge span
Much of the actual construction of San Francisco's new Bay Bridge was actually done in China. The bridge was then shipped to San Francisco for assembly....
Hackers' next target could be your automobile
As it becomes harder to hack computers, criminals are looking for new targets and they just might have found it in your garage. The latest target for hackers may be your car....
NYU professor studying the way humans use transportation
Transportation systems in America are incredibly hard on the environment — between cars and airplanes and the like — but a professor in New York says that doesn't have to be the case....
Locals in Indonesia making a living as rented carpool riders
Some streets in Indonesia are restricted to cars with three riders, so Indonesians are making a living by renting themselves out as riders....
Congress reaches FAA deal
The weeks-long partisan impasse kept 4,000 FAA workers off the job, and tens of thousands out of work in airport construction. ...
FAA stalemate costing US government millions
The federal government is losing nearly $30 million in uncollected airline ticket taxes every day due to FAA shutdown....
Failed negotiations cause FAA shutdown
The federal government is loosing $200 million per week, as the FAA shutdown makes it unable to collect taxes on airline tickets....
Auto workers union begins contract talks with Detroit's Big Three
The UAW wants to bring back lost jobs and reopen closed factories, but automakers are still wary of a low-demand market....
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