Summary
A collection of news and information related to Transportation published by Tribune Company sources.
» Search within 8713 items
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
>
8713 items on Transportation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
>
-
Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis. The vote was 367-55. The legislation would authorize an...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Executive Branch, Laws, John McCain, Judges
-
Sewage spills into Glen Burnie waterway
By a Sun reporterTwenty-five thousand gallons of raw sewage have spilled into a Glen Burnie waterway, prompting the Anne Arundel County Department of Health today to close Furnace Creek and urge people to stay away from it. Yesterday's rainstorm knocked out power to...Tags: Fishing, Rivers, Glen Burnie, Bodies of Water
-
Man stable after stabbing in Midtown
msweeney@am-ny.com43-year-old man was in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital Thursday night after being stabbed on the corner of 28th Street and Broadway. Police said it was shortly before 2 p.m. when someone stabbed the unidentified man, who was illegally selling...Tags: Subway Transportation
-
FAA: Chicago airport traffic declines
Federal officials say traffic dropped at both Chicago's O'Hare International and Midway Airports in the first six months of 2008. O'Hare's 4.2 percent decrease in flights over the same time period last year was the biggest drop among the top five...Tags: Midway, Air Transportation, O'Hare, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Air Transportation Industry
-
MTA votes to seek sales tax hike to fund L.A. County transit, roads
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority board today voted overwhelmingly to seek a half-cent sales tax increase that could raise between $30 billion and $40 billion for transit and highway projects, including the first link of a long-awaited subway to...Tags: Local Elections, Referenda, San Gabriel, Economic Policy, Sales
-
Civil rights groups want consent searches banned
Associated Press WriterCivil rights groups on Thursday asked Gov. Rod Blagojevich to bar state police from conducting consent searches during traffic stops, citing four years of data that show minorities are searched more often than whites. In 2007, minorities underwent...Tags: Civil Rights, Vehicles, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Health and Safety at School
-
New York City beaches are back
dfreedlander@am-ny.comIn the sultry New York summer of 1988, Rick Astley and INXS ruled the airwaves, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was the hit movie, and New York City beaches were awash in filth. Headlines at the time blared the alarming evidence. "Shore Pollution Driving Away...Tags: Long Island, Environmental Pollution, Beach Vacations, Bensonhurst, Coney Island
-
Southwest Airlines still profitable
The Associated PressJoe DiMaggio's hitting streak ended, so did Cal Ripken Jr.'s string of consecutive games. Will Southwest Airlines' mark of 69 straight profitable quarters be the next record to fall? On Thursday, the low-fare pioneer reported a bigger second-quarter...Tags: Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Company, Air Transportation Industry, Joe DiMaggio
-
Bridge problem stalls Long Beach LIRR service
john.valenti@newsday.comA malfunctioning railroad bridge across Reynolds Channel caused a suspension in Long Island Rail Road service into and out of Long Beach on Thursday, officials said. The problem affected three trains, forcing the cancellation of one of them and delayed...Tags: Long Beach (New York), Long Beach (California), Long Island Rail Road, Beach Vacations, Railway Transportation
-
Trial set in suit to block Delta-Northwest deal
AP Business WriterA federal judge has set a trial date for a lawsuit by a group of airline passengers that seeks to block Delta Air Lines Inc. from acquiring Northwest Airlines Corp. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will preside over the Nov. 5 trial in San Francisco....
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| AM New York
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| AM New York
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Newsday
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Original site for Transportation topic gallery.


