Could the White House Save the Gowanus Canal?
The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.
The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.
silive.com | Maura Yates | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York
Concerned parents in New Dorp who say they've been asking for a speed bump on their block for about a year, got tired of waiting and installed their o...
Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver
Colorado highway officials woke up Thursday with $114.7 million less in federal dollars to spend. Across the nation, state highway officials had $8...
The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics
Congress has only been back in session for a week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is already warning he may cancel the next break because of a ...
Steve Parker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
Given the success and public enthusiasm for high speed rail around the world, our efforts are long overdue in what is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of transport of the 21st century and beyond.
Harry Moroz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Obama and Biden promise they will not spend our money badly. Government stimulus spending is presented by the administration as a necessary evil.
AP | Dan Strumpf | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in gettin...
Steve Parker | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business
I've said when program was first announced that the slated $1 billion would run out well before the time limit. But I don't think anyone expected this!
ProPublica | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
We at ProPublica have designed a public reporting assignment to gauge the stimulus' progress to date. It is an ambitious -- but doable -- undertaking.
Thomas Frank | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics
Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god, we were told private businesses did everything better than the state. But something happened on the road to privatopia.
Wall Street Journal | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
The Department of Transportation's enforcement of airline rules dropped sharply last year with the total of fines levied against airlines and travel c...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business
The larger players Lufthansa, British, and American have access to the credit markets (and government help) and are using this opportunity to gobble up weaker, struggling competitors.
James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.
ABC News | Kate Barrett | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Despite coming under fire recently for missed inspections, Southwest Airlines carried more passengers in 2007 than any other U.S. airline. New number...
AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — A quarter of domestic flights failed to arrive on time in 2007 _ the industry's second poorest performance on record _ and analysts...
John Petro | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York