The loan guarantee is helping the company design cars in the U.S. that are manufactured in Finland.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

The Federal Aviation Administration dedicated a new air traffic control tower at Memphis International Airport.

Amtrak is adding Internet Wi-Fi to its regional trains.

New York City has a new MTA chief.

FedEx's cargo facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has gone green.

The plane had previously been used by a "major" smuggling ring to move cocaine, a newspaper reported.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) to task again this week for turning down $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed railway in his state.

LaHood was in Florida this week to attend an intelligent transportation system conference in Orlando. While he was there, the Orlando Sentinel reported he reminded attendees of Scott's high-profile rejection of a Tampa-to-Orlando line the Obama administration had hoped would become a cornerstone of a nationwide network of railways.

"The Florida project was one of most innovative, creative, forward-thinking projects in America. Only the governor was against it," the paper reported LaHood said.

The New York City transportation department is threatening to shut down a bus company that caters to Jewish riders over allegations it requires female passengers to sit in the back of the bus.

The New York Post reported Thursday that the company, Private Transportation, was not allowing women to sit up front on its bus, which caters to Orthodox Jewish riders but is open to the general public.

The newspaper said it sent two female reporters to ride the bus and drivers would not move until they sat in the back.

Romney opposed the auto bailout, which Democrats think will hurt him in a general election against Obama.

The business group is criticizing the NLRB's complaint against Boeing, which the board said retaliated against a union.

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A California utility company that was blamed by the National Transportation Safety Board for a 2010 pipeline accident has hired one of its former investigators.

Eleven percent of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient, according to a new study.

The NAACP has sued the Philadelphia airport over an ad the airport would not allow.

An extension of Washington's Metro to Dulles International Airport could be $150 million over budget.

AirTran and Southwest Airlines, which already has the policy, are seeking permission from the FAA to merge.