Transportation

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) Commission will approve its fiscal year 2012 fixed-route budget and tax levy rates at tonight’s monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the DART offices, 1100 DART Way. …

The Iowa Department of Transportation on Thursday received $5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration as part of its State of Good Repair Grant Program.

The funding will be split across …

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 …