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It saves to fly out of San Francisco
Airline prices are soaring nationwide, but you wouldn’t know it from Angelito Reyes’ frequent jaunts to San Diego.
NY DOT worker dies after being hit by driver
Niagara County sheriff's deputies say a state highway worker died after being hit earlier in the day by a driver who lost control of his SUV while trying to pick up a lit cigarette.
Prosecutors want to commit man, 78, in cop deaths
Prosecutors said Tuesday they want a 78-year-old man committed to a mental hospital after he was found incompetent to stand trial for killing two South Carolina law officers.
Wis. plans $100,000 study on interstate flooding
The state plans a $100,000 study to see whether something can be done to keep the interstates around Portage from flooding.
Metro endorses I-5 bridge
Metro, the government and planning body for the three-county Portland region, has endorsed a new $4.2 billion Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River.
Lawsuit continues against new Minn. freeway bridge
The new Interstate 35W bridge will probably be finished before a lawsuit over the bidding process behind it goes on trial in December.
Stop the energy-hogging Dulles Rail project
M ass transit proponents point to high gas prices as another reason to green-light the troubled Dulles Rail project. But a new study shows that heavy rail is not the way to go to reduce energy costs. Using data from the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation, Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole found that heavy rail systems like Metro — which uses electric power generated by burning oil and coal — actually use more fuel per passenger than most automobiles and produce more greenhouse gases. Factors such as much heavier railcars that run practically empty most of the day, along with energy loss during transmission from generating sources, conspire to counteract rail’s “inherent efficiency advantage,” O’Toole said. In fact, the study determined, no rail transit system in the country is more energy-efficient per passenger mile than a hybrid Toyota Prius. “Electrically-powered rail lines are greenhouse friendly only in regions that use alternatives to fossil fuels to generate half or more of their electricity,” O’Toole found. And Metro is definitely not one of them.
Request to end air service to Williamsport denied
Officials say service to Williamsport Regional Airport won't be interrupted.
Impact of flight delay countermeasures questioned
Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation actions that are being implemented will have a limited effect on reducing flight delays during the summer compared to last year, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office study released Tuesday.
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