A spending blueprint for funds generated by a recently approved California transit ballot measure may shortchange regional transportation agencies, ...read more.

The potential for a terrorist attack on a passenger rail system in the United States remains a possibility, and a new report by the RAND Corp. finds ...read more.

The country needs $357.2 billion to expand passenger rail service through 2050, says a new report by a Congressional transportation commission. ...read more.

The House passed a motorcoach safety bill last week that would amend federal transportation law to require bus companies to comply with the Americans ...read more.

A Senate committee passed new legislation earlier this month to cut greenhouse gas emissions, with a provision to allocate a portion of revenues ...read more.

The timetable for the use of radiation detectors on rail containers at border checkpoints has been set back again. Customs and ...read more.

Union Pacific Railroad broke its own monthly record in November for hauling coal out of Wyoming's Powder River Basin. The ...read more.

President Bush intervened last month to block a strike by Amtrak workers that could have begun as early as Dec. 1. Bush appointed a ...read more.

Twenty-one state attorney generals have asked Congress for tougher antitrust restrictions on freight railroads. The group sent a ...read more.

Long-haul railroads can expect to carry more freight from Mexico soon, as the Mexican government plans to take bids in early 2008 to build a $7 ...read more.