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OAKLAND — Preparing to ask Alameda County voters for a higher sales tax for transportation, a county commission on Thursday approved $7.8 billion in road and transit projects to be funded by the measure. Among them is $400 million to extend BART to Livermore — a project sharply debated because some critics say it shows [...]

Katie Greene | The Grand Rapids PressRay LaHood, secretary of the US Department of Transportation, speaks at the Wealthy Operation Center Ribbon Cutting on Saturday in Grand Rapids.

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, accompanied by Mayor Dwight Jones, visited a bridge repair project on Interstate 95 to spotlight the push for a transportation bill.

El Paso has experienced a renaissance in transportation since Ted Houghton became the first El Pasoan to serve on the Texas Transportation Commission in 2003 and was named chair in October.  Houghton, 60, brought his love for El Paso to Austin, and its hard to overstate or measure the dramatic change in El Pasos transportation [...]

(Updates with inspector recommendations in 11th paragraph.) Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — US aviation regulators lack the rigor” to identify and track pilots who repeatedly fail tests of their cockpit skills, according to a Transportation Department inspector generals report. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors are inadequately trained and the agencys scattered data makes it difficult to find [...]

When the US Department of Transportation gives money to a state for a highway project, it has little ability to keep cost overruns from occurring. / news-press.com file photo

While two-out-of-five Americans are going to try to avoid air travel this holiday season to avoid TSA pat-downs, strip searches and never-ending security line-ups, they might not find comfort in the glimmering Greyhound stations across the US. Don’t think a bus or train ticket will keep Uncle Sam from making your vacation this year uncomfortable. [...]

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced a final rule that revises the hours-of-service (HOS) safety requirements for commercial truck drivers. The new rule was announced December 22 by the US Department of Transportation?s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). ?Trucking is a difficult job, and a big rig can be deadly when a driver [...]

Nearly lost in the struggle in Congress over extending the payroll tax cut has been another tax benefit, vital to many Connecticut residents, that looks like it will be slashed at the start of the year. When the Senate voted to extend the payroll cut, it did not do the same for the pre-tax transit [...]

Youre used to the Mercer Mess. Get ready for the Mercer switch. Drivers probably have noticed the fresh new lanes almost complete along Mercer Street through South Lake Union. Just north of the existing roadway, they will be Mercers new westbound lanes when Mercer is converted from a one-way to a two-way boulevard between Interstate [...]