Transportation News

A The New York State Thruway Authority is looking for farmers and growers to participate in "Tailgate Farmers Markets" at some of the highway system's more than two dozen travel plazas.

A Buffalo Bill re-enactor will be speaking at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as part of the museum's second Saturday guided tours program.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a single-engine plane has died in a crash near the airport in Lebanon N.H. Spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the crash happened at about 2 p.m. Thursday.

Ken Webber still proudly flies his Confederate battle flag with the word "Redneck" emblazed across it from the CB antenna on his pickup truck.

Federal officials say Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement involving alleged oil and coal spills in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

Top officials at the government agency rebuilding the World Trade Center promised Thursday to make reforms after an audit called the organization "dysfunctional" and wasteful.

A variety of safety measures will sweep New Jersey Transit lines within the next year or so, transportation officials announced Wednesday, in an effort to reduce the number of accidental train deaths across the state.

The Boeing Co. on Wednesday announced that Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer for Boeing's new Electronic Logbook, or ELB, software.

SYDNEY/SEOUL: Qantas Airways and Korean Air will carry out inspections for wing cracks on their Airbus A380 super-jumbo planes earlier than previously scheduled, after European air safety officials ordered global checks, warning of a safety risk if the defects were not fixed.

Some American Airlines unsecured creditors increasingly feel the bankrupt airline should explore a deal with US Airways Group or another carrier, after hearing parent company AMR Corp's plan to remain independent, people familiar with the situation said.

Five bidders have reached out to the New York State Department of Transportation and expressed an interest in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge .

WestJet Airlines Ltd. said Wednesday it would push ahead with its plans to launch a regional carrier as early as next year after winning overwhelming support for the plan from its employees.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks with reporters after a press event denouncing proposed cuts to the United States Postal Service.

Officials at St. Louis Regional Airport say the airfield in southwestern Illinois passed a federal inspection with flying colors.

He was CEO of advertising firm D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles from 1999 to 2000, and chairman of Northwest Airlines from 2007 to 2008.

The chief executive at Republic Airways Holdings Inc. says he's trying to make the airline's money-losing Frontier Airlines unit more like lower-cost rivals Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.

The agency building the new World Trade Center has let costs get out of control, with the estimated price tag soaring nearly $4 billion over the last four years, auditors said Tuesday.

A central Indiana school district has downsized its planned wind turbine after the Federal Aviation Administration raised concerns about the height of the project that would generate power for the district's schools.

The case against a school bus company accused in the death of a 16-year-old St. Joseph boy is settled.

Not because Singapore Airlines deserves something back in return for allowing Qantas to start up a premium airline in Singapore, but because a public benefit test says so.