Federal officials are pushing ahead with an experiment to reduce rampant flight delays around the nation by auctioning off takeoff and landing times at New York City-area airports, where most delays begin. ...more

October 9, 2008

The draining of the trust fund for highways, and an emergency transfer of general tax dollars into it, exemplify much of what is going wrong in Washington. ...more

September 16, 2008

Congress sent President Bush an $8 billion rescue package for the federal highway trust fund Thursday. The infusion comes as the trust fund, which relies on declining revenue from the federal gas tax, verges on going broke, threatening road and bridge projects in every state. ...more

September 12, 2008

The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday. ...more

September 6, 2008

Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states. ...more

August 29, 2008

Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008

The summer vacation season began this year with Americans behind the wheel less. In all, we drove 12.2 billion fewer miles in June than a year earlier, the biggest monthly decrease in a downward trend that began in November. ...more

August 14, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers said Thursday that the state's $491 million agreement with CSX Transportation is not a done deal and that lawmakers will debate it when they begin meeting next month before the 2008 legislative session. ...more

December 13, 2007

The head of the Florida Department of Transportation found herself at the center of a skeptical, assertive crowd that gathered Friday to question why state taxpayers are doling out $491 million for a rail plan that could wind up tearing this city in two. ...more

December 7, 2007

President Bush on Thursday proposed that airlines be allowed to fly through unused military airspace during holiday travel periods to ease congestion and delays, in particular on East Coast routes serving Florida. ...more

November 16, 2007