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New York site chosen for factory to build high-speed trains for Las Vegas-California line
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (AP) — Trains for what is being called the nation's first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area will be built at a new factory in upstate New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday. Siemens Mobility will construct...
A capsule has been propelled through a hyperloop test tube in a step forward for the transit system
VEENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Hyperloop, a new form of mass transit involving capsules whizzing on magnetic fields through depressurized tubes, has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands, a company developing the technology said Monday. A test vehicle was levitated...
Cars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share it?
The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah's largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters inside commuter buses talk directly to the traffic signals in the Salt...
Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the...
US government orders big US airlines to explain their frequent-flyer programs
The Biden administration is examining the four largest U.S. airline frequent-flyer programs and how they devalue points that consumers have earned and frequently change the number of points or miles needed to book flights. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote to the CEOs of...
Maryland cuts $1.3B in 6-year transportation draft plan
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's six-year capital transportation plan will decrease by $1.3 billion, according to a draft plan released Tuesday, reflecting operating costs that are outpacing revenue growth, state officials said. The reduction in the $18.9 billion program for fiscal...
Canadian rail union files lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders
The union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it had promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains moving again, the union announced Friday. The lawsuits were filed Thursday afternoon,...
A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea's capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers said. Photos from the scene showed a white sport utility vehicle engulfed in the 2½-meter-deep (eight-foot-deep) hole that...
Back-to-work order issued for 2 major Canada railroads. Union will comply, but lawsuit planned
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. Saturday's order means Canadian National will be...
Arbitration hearing between Canadian railroads and union ends with no decision on back-to-work order
TORONTO (AP) — A workers union on Friday threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major freight railroads, only hours after the company’s trains restarted following a potentially devastating stoppage. A government-ordered arbitration hearing wrapped up without a decision, and Canadian...
