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• Inauguration tests troubled transportation grid
Jan. 4: Jeffrey Goldberg, Katty Kay, Hisham Melhem, Andrea Mitchell and David Sanger discuss the task at hand for President-elect Barack Obama with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press.” WASHINGTON - On a typical weekday, close to 2 million ...
• Roads slowly reopen in storm-hit Washington
State Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond estimated the economic effect of just the I-5 shutdown at $4 million a day. A major storm 13 months ago closed the same stretch for four days. A spokesman for the Port of Seattle said it was too early to ...
• Bunkers, Barriers, Balls and Buses
We really think that cabs are going to play a very important and significant role in supporting the transportation infrastructure,” he said. But cabs will find themselves in heavy traffic if they get anywhere near the Mall or parade. And you can’t ...
• Raise gasoline tax by 10 cents, Congress urged
That has the federal commission that oversees financing for transportation talking about increasing the federal fuel tax. A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by the commission to finance highway construction and ...
• FAA reaches settlement with whistle-blower
In September, the special counsel's office sent letters to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters saying FAA didn't adequately respond to complaints from Nesbitt and other air traffic controllers about the potential for collisions involving planes ...