Transportation

An Illinois House committee has passed a resolution to get a federal agency involved in restoring passenger rail service to the Quad Cities.

A recently completed merger between two of the country’s top-tier rail lines will send more trains along the upper Mississippi River — and in some areas, thousands more car loads of hazardous materials.

Large parts of the Midwest are in a moderate to extreme drought, and the economy is suffering because of it.

The third public meeting about replacing the I-80 bridge will be held tomorrow afternoon.

The US Department of Transportation just released its Air Travel Consumer Report for June, 2022. And it reveals the number of consumer complaints increased nearly 270% over the last three years.

A federal agency has released a draft of its Environment Impact Statement on the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern. The Surface Transportation Board will eventually issue a final statement and make a ruling on the $31 billion acquisition.

For the next month, Bettendorf and Moline employees will test the special lighting system on the new, I-74 bridge.

The Illinois and Iowa departments of transportation are asking the public for more help about how to improve the Interstate-80 bridge.

"Local government, states, agencies, business groups, and others working together, speaking with a unified voice."

Fellow passengers will thank you for double-checking your carry-on bag and leaving knives, guns, and pepper spray at home. This morning at the Quad City…