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Transportation
- Driving season begins, as does griping about gas
Americans are obsessed with the price of gasoline, more than any other good or service we buy.May 27, 2012 - Light rail planners seek economic development funding
The Southwest Corridor Light Rail is just one in a long list of projects looking for development money. Critical decisions about it and some of the state's biggest development projects could happen in the next few weeks.May 24, 2012 - Supporters say Southwest Corridor LRT could lose federal funds
Supporters of the proposed Southwest Corridor Light Rail project say it risks losing federal support.May 7, 2012 - Maintenance projects close some Hiawatha line stations
Six Hiawatha LRT stations are closed this weekend as maintenance crews begin work. Metro Transit buses will run between closed stations.May 5, 2012 - High tech transit emerging in the woods
Increasing demand and uncertain budgets have rural Minnesota transit systems looking to combine technology and personal service to become more efficient.May 1, 2012 - Lift weights, eat carrots, play ping pong to keep driving
Keeping elderly people like Glenda Noble in their cars is one way to address the economic and demographic factors that make it harder for many Minnesotans to get where they want to go.May 1, 2012 - Fixing a ride, fixing a life on the Iron Range
Sometimes people need more than just a ride to work. A four-year-old program in northern Minnesota aims to provide transportation but also set low-income people on a better path.May 1, 2012 - Lowering barriers to a reliable car
To hold a job you have to get to work, so "car guy" Dan Jones focuses on putting low-income people behind the wheel of cheap cars.May 1, 2012 - Deep muck raises cost of new St. Croix River bridge
The price tag for the new St. Croix River bridge could hit $676 million -- almost triple the $234 million spent to replace the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. And the main reason, according to a MnDOT official, is muck.April 29, 2012 - Two injured in collision with school bus
Plymouth police say two people were injured this morning when a school bus serving Robbinsdale and Wayzata schools collided with a car at an intersection.April 20, 2012 - First 'saltie' of season reaches Duluth harbor
Salties make up only about 10 percent of shipping traffic in the Duluth harbor, but help Midwestern farmers reach international markets.April 6, 2012 - Travelers should expect 'pricey' summer airfares
Summer airfares are climbing as airlines pass on higher fuel costs and cut back on flights, running counter to the long-term trend.April 5, 2012 - NTSB looking into Kan. RV crash that killed 5
The National Transportation Safety Board will review details of a motor home crash in Kansas that killed five family members from Minnesota.April 3, 2012 - Authorities ID trucker killed in train collision
Authorities have released the name of a truck driver killed in a collision with a freight train near Plummer in northwestern Minnesota.April 2, 2012 - Minn. train car derails, prompts evacuation
Residents in a small town in northwestern Minnesota are returning home after a two-hour evacuation prompted by a nearby rail-car derailment.March 31, 2012
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