Stories Tagged "transportation"
Market to Market (January 18, 2013)
posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:49 PM
Republicans warn against waiving air subsidy cuts
posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Republican lawmakers warned Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a letter this week against waiving cuts in subsidies for air service to 10 rural communities unless he can show it would be too difficult for residents to reach a larger airport.
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ISU Researchers Test New Type of Asphalt
posted on October 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa — Researchers at Iowa State University are testing a new type of environmentally friendly paving product.
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Union Pacific Profit Jumps 43 Pct as Demand Rises
posted on April 23, 2010 at 3:04 PM
OMAHA, Neb — Union Pacific said Thursday that stronger shipping demand drove the railroad's first-quarter profit 43 percent higher and suggested the economy is improving.
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Cattle-Based Fuel Runs Oklahoma - Texas Passenger Train
posted on April 22, 2010 at 4:04 PM
ABOARD THE HEARTLAND FLYER (AP) -- Amtrak began an experiment Tuesday to let cows produce horsepower.
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Market to Market (February 12, 2010)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Update: Produce Unit Train Links West Coast Farmers with East Coast Food Distributors Part 2
posted on February 11, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Produce Unit Train Links West Coast Farmers with East Coast Food Distributors Part 1
posted on February 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Christ Extends Order aiding Florida Growers
posted on January 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Charlie Crist has extended an executive order raising weight and size limits for trucks that Florida growers use to transport citrus and other crops affected by freezing weather.
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Florida Eases Truck Ag Rules Temporarily
posted on January 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) – Subfreezing temperatures across the South have Florida farmers worried that crops could be destroyed, with temperatures in even usually balmy Miami only in the 50s on Tuesday.
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Gravel Making a Comeback
posted on December 17, 2009 at 5:12 PM
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ever since the invention of the automobile, paved roads have meant progress.
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Used Cafeteria Oil Could Power Alabama School Buses
posted on May 29, 2009 at 8:05 PM
From Mystery Meat to Biodiesel Fleet: Used Oil from Cafeterias Might Power Alabama School Buses MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) -- Alabama's school children might one day ride to-and-from campus in buses that are powered with cooking oil leftover from making...
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Market to Market (May 22nd, 2009)
posted on May 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Mexico Truck Retaliation Does Not Include Meat Products
posted on March 20, 2009 at 8:03 PM
(AP) Meat and poultry products are not included on the list of U.S products Mexico will subject to tariffs in retaliation for the United States ending a program that allowed Mexican trucks to operate on U.S roads, according to the American Meat...
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Administration to Reinvent Mexican Truck Program
posted on March 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will try to reinvent a program to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S highways.
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