Transportation

Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that it plans to add 7,000 U.S. workers in the next two years, including 750 engineers to help with product development, according to the Kansas City Business Journal. The company …

The D-Line downtown shuttle will be temporarily rerouted to accommodate the hundreds of lawmakers, lobbyists and citizens expected to visit the state Capitol during the 2011 legislative session. Beginning on Jan. 10, the D-Line, a …

The Iowa Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) released a report yesterday that the nonprofit public policy group says disproves a common misperception: that road building costs are fully paid for by user fees. The report, …

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) announced yesterday that R. Todd Ashby was named executive director of the organization.

Ashby, a resident of Ankeny, joins the MPO after serving as an account manager …

U.S. automobile sales may have continued at the fastest pace since 2009 in December, carrying the industry to its first annual increase since 2005, Bloomberg reported before the release later today of industry sales data. …

The average price of U.S. gasoline rose above $3 a gallon in the past week, reaching its highest level since October 2008, the Energy Department said Monday. The national price for regular gasoline increased 7 …

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is in the process of hiring a new executive director to replace Tom Kane, who announced his retirement last week after more than 19 years of service …

Grimes-based car wash supplier Ryko Manufacturing Co. has been acquired by Miami-based Trivest Partners.

Trivest is a manufacturer of automated car wash systems. Ryko’s management team will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the …