The Latest Breaking News from Transportation

The U.S. Transportation Department ordered Southwest Airlines to pay a $140 million civil penalty as part of an agreement over operational failures that stranded millions of passengers a year ago.

The global demand for efficient transportation, bolstered by technological advancements and government initiatives, forecasts significant growth for the railroad industry. Thus, it seems wise to invest in East Japan Railway (EJPRY), Westinghouse Air Brake (WAB), and L.B. Foster (FSTR), as they edge out competitors. Read on.

About half will go to address two major rail bottlenecks that President Joe Biden visited at the beginning of the year.

The Transportation Department is awarding $653 million in grants to upgrade and improve 41 water-based ports across the United States

The Senate passed three fiscal 2024 spending bills, wrapping Agriculture, Transportation-HUD and Military Construction VA into one package.

The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states and cities to convert more empty office buildings into housing units, with billions of federal dollars available to help spur such transitions

The Senate rejected an amendment that would ban earmarks from three spending bills that are part of a fiscal 2024 spending package.

‘I appreciate the chance to discuss this because I can’t help but get the sense that people want to make sound as if I don’t travel most of the time on commercial aircraft,’ the Transportation Secretary said

Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities