One of the migrants. Vanessa Leroy for Insider Texas has bused thousands of migrants to east coast cities over the past few months. A contractor busing the migrants has been banned from speaking with New York City officials, the AP reported. The lack of communication complicates non-profit groups efforts to meet and help those arriving. […]
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Boeing’s ‘flying car’ lifts off in race to revolutionize urban transport
Boeing’s flying car prototype hovered in the air briefly during a test flight, a small step as the world’s largest planemaker bids to transform transport.Read More
Investors’ appetite for transport infrastructure remains undiminished
Vinci’s purchase of Gatwick airport is the latest in a series of deals
US transport security workers forced to work for free during shutdown call in sick en masse
US Transportation Security Administration employees are calling in sick in protest over being forced to work without pay during the government shutdown that shows no signs of ending after 14 days. After a recent CNN report that call-ins have shot up, more than doubling in some cases and affecting four major airports, TSA and its […]
Investors’ appetite for transport infrastructure remains undiminished
STARTING ON December 19th, as Gatwick airport prepared to disclose a change of ownership, suspected drone sightings forced it to close its runway for a total of 36 hours. Passengers were delayed; so was the announcement. Only a week later could Britain’s second-busiest hub reveal it had been sold to Vinci, a French transport group, […]
Investors’ appetite for transport infrastructure remains undiminished
STARTING ON December 19th, as Gatwick airport prepared to disclose a change of ownership, suspected drone sightings forced it to close its runway for a total of 36 hours. Passengers were delayed; so was the announcement. Only a week later could Britain’s second-busiest hub reveal it had been sold to Vinci, a French transport group, […]
California grants Zoox first permit to transport passengers in driverless vehicles
Self-driving car startup Zoox has become the first company to receive approval from California regulators to operate an autonomous ride service.Read More
The things I learned taking public transport the entire length of Africa
This was the only moment when my decision to travel the length of Africa overland, Cairo to Cape Town, using only public transport, seemed like a dumb idea. Six and a half months, 10,000-plus kilometers, and precisely 317 pieces of public transport—every wired-together taxi, listless ferry and curmudgeonly camel given its own stolen-pen stroke on […]
Eleven dead after US military transport plane crashes in Afghanistan – reports
Published time: 3 Oct, 2018 13:47 Edited time: 3 Oct, 2018 13:59 At least 11 people were killed in Afghanistan in a US military plane crash, according to preliminary reports. The crashed aircraft is said to be a C-130J Super Hercules transport plane. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)
Ford expands its GoRide medical transport service in Detroit
Earlier this year, Ford launched its GoRide service, which provides non-emergency transportation to patients who need a lift to their medical appointments. Initially, the service launched as a partner with Michigan’s Beaumont Health network, and now it’s also working with the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and its eight hospitals and facilities. “Helping patients with mobility […]