Highways, Bridges and Roads

Your morning transportation speed-read:

St. Louis's Lambert Airport won't get any emergency management money from FEMA because it has insurance.

The NTSB is investigating the Southwest plane that slid off the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport.

Iowa has a new transportation director.

Arrests have been made in Atlanta's MARTA rail-system beating.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

American Airlines wants more flights to Brazil.

Illinois is opening the door on looking into bicycle accidents involving the doors of parked cars.

Studded tires in Washington state have to be removed now.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is the latest pol who doesn't think the proposed underground Washington MetroRail station at Dulles Airport should be allowed to take off.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Flights at St. Louis's Lambert Airport are getting back to normal after being hit by a tornado during the weekend.

Atlanta's MARTA rail system is defending its safety record after a beating of Delta employees by individuals police believe to be gang-related.

Opponents of high-speed rail in California are cheering the recent budget deal that puts the brakes on funding for the rest of the fiscal year.

Maine is considering bringing back billboards on highways in the state.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Fox News says Ray LaHood got it wrong on the reason for one of the recent firings of an air traffic controller.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is putting its headquarters up for sale.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says there will be more than 900 transportation projects under his spending plan.

D.C. drivers can't use their cellphones while they drive, but soon they'll able to use them to pay to park.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Kansas is increasing some of its speed limits to 75 miles an hour.

A bill to force the North Carolina state legislature to accept federal high-speed rail money reached the end of the line in a committee.

A ride on Atlanta's MARTA rail system turned violent for two Delta Airlines employees.

JetBlue says it now flies 100 flights per day out of Boston's Logan Airport.

This story was corrected from an earlier version at 4:55 p.m.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt's wake-up-call tour for air traffic controllers takes him to Dallas on Tuesday.

Missouri transportation officials says rumble strips have reduced fatalities on roads there.

Oklahoma has spent its transportation money wisely.

American Airlines' regional American Eagle airline is not flying high in this survey of the "meanest airlines in America."

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wouldn't want his granddaughter patted down by TSA.

Missouri's worried about having matching funds for transportation dollars.

New Jersey's considering letting trucks roam free on the Garden State Parkway.

Washington's proposed underground Dulles Airport Metro station is under review.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

A Cincinnati streetcar isn't going anywhere, thanks to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

V is for veto for Iowa's transportation spending bill.

The DOT will provide $319 million to rebuild roads and bridges in disaster-stricken areas.

Chicago will have to settle for a flight simulator, since it didn't get a NASA shuttle for its Adler Planetarium.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Colorado is looking at creating a regional transit system.

Washington state wants some of Florida's rejected high-speed rail money.

Arkansas is reviewing the condition of its roads.

Kansas is considering raising its speed limits too.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

Virginia transportation officials do not dig plans to build a new Washington MetroRail stop at Dulles Airport underground.

Minnesota commuters will have to deal with $900 million worth of road construction projects this year.

It was supporters' turn to be heard in the debate over what to do with federal high-speed rail money North Carolina already has in mind.

The N.C. Department of Transportation isn't waiting for the argument over railways to be resolved before asking for more money.