34 days ago - A new insurance idea in which motorists shell out money only for the number of miles they’ve driven is raising interest among environmentalists and worries among privacy advocates in the Bay Area.
39 days ago - The ongoing upkeep of bridges in the earthquake-prone Bay Area has left the aging structures in better shape than many other spans nationwide, local transportation officials said in response to a recent federal report.
97 days ago - Be prepared to jockey for room, worm into small spaces and wait for minutes at a time on Caltrain after the transit agency announced recently that it has removed 13 percent of its railcars due to hairline cracks found in the wheel assembly.
181 days ago - It has been five years, and Chris Gray still doesn’t know what went wrong. He remembers hustling to enter the door of an underground Muni train at the Van Ness Station late in the evening of Jan. 15, 2003, when, in an instant, something went terribly awry.
362 days ago - The Maryland State Highway Administration is beginning a $2 million project to improve traffic operations and safety at the intersection of Owings Mills Boulevard, Dolfield Road and Dolfield Road South. Weather permitting, the project, which begins in mid-September, is slated for completion in spring 2008.
426 days ago - A Republican senator from Winchester unveiled an alternative funding plan for transportation to the General Assembly on Thursday that would use bonds and a sales tax on gasoline to fund mass transit and road-building projects.
438 days ago - The first batch of regional taxes and fees for Northern Virginia projects includes $5 million for Battlefield Parkway that could help smooth traffic in Loudoun County.
438 days ago - Many Harford residents did not know what express toll lanes — already under construction on Interstate 95 —- are, but they showed up at a meeting Tuesday evening to find out.
438 days ago - Ongoing construction on Interstate 95 in the Baltimore area should ease commutes, transportation officials said Wednesday. But the changes won’t happen anytime soon.