Transportation

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) released its fiscal year 2010 annual report last week.

The group allocated more than $6 million in Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds from the federal government, and …

Forest City-based Winnebago Industries Inc. has been recognized as the nation’s top-selling motor home manufacturer, according to reporting service Statistical Surveys Inc. It’s the 10th consecutive year Winnebago has been at the top.

Winnebago had …

Improved economic growth will help U.S. airline-passenger numbers reach 1 billion per year by fiscal year 2021, according to Bloomberg.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its annual forecast today, which said total passengers reached …

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is asking for comments on an amendment on a federal grant to install traffic adaptive control signals at 13 existing stoplights along Mills Civic Parkway in West …

Boeing Co. rolled out a new jumbo jet on Sunday, Reuters reported, almost 42 years to the day since the maiden flight of the 747, which went on to become the world’s most recognized jetliner …

Delta Air Lines has announced that it will begin non-stop service to Cincinnati from Des Moines International Airport on a temporary basis this summer. From June 9 through Aug. 15, Central Iowans can fly a …

Vice President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the Obama administration plans to spend $53 billion over six years to continue construction of a national high-speed intercity passenger rail network.

In his State of the Union …

Airlines may be headed for more than $600 million in weather-related losses as winter storms have triggered the most flight cancellations since the government began tracking the data in 1987, Bloomberg reported.

Almost 20,000 flights …

Delta Air Lines will add an additional flight from Des Moines International Airport to Atlanta beginning June 9, the airport said today. Also on that date, Delta will add a flight to its Detroit hub. …

Should the state of Iowa follow through with funding a passenger rail line from Chicago to Iowa City – and eventually to Des Moines?

That’s the question on the mind of officials at the Des …