Transportation

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) announced it will host a public meeting to receive comments on the Passenger Transportation Plan (PTP) – Fiscal Year 2012 Update. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. …

Des Moines International Airport launched a new-look website Monday at the same address, www.dsmairport.com.

The new site features up-to-date information on arrivals and departures, a flight tracker that shows where the plane is in the …

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) will have public meetings to determine what type of public transit system it needs to develop by 2035. DART is working with the planning firm Transportation Management …

Average retail gasoline prices in Des Moines have risen 8.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.49 per gallon on March 27. The national average has increased 3.4 cents per gallon in the …

Members of the Iowa Transportation Commission will travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Iowa’s congressional delegation April 6-7, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced today.

Members will discuss federal surface transportation reauthorization …

Parts shortages caused by Japan’s earthquake could reduce global automobile production by about 30 percent, Bloomberg reported.

Research firm IHS Automotive said if parts plants affected by the quake don’t return to operation within six …

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will host a public meeting to receive comments on an amendment to the Federal Fiscal Years 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program at 6 p.m. on April 19 at …

U.S. automakers may seek to start providing as much as 15 percent of union workers’ compensation in performance bonuses and lump-sum payments, emulating how their Japanese counterparts and salaried employees are paid, Bloomberg reported.

General …