Railway construction
A subway car is prepared to be lowered to the ground, with the help of a crane, from a collapsed elevated section of the metro, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The elevated section of the Line 12 metro collapsed late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring at least 79, city officials said. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Overpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24

By Fabiola Sánchez May. 04, 2021 05:30 AM EDT

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic and urged people who are young and or hesitant to get vaccinated at the Belle Center, in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, April 29, 2021. (John Hickey/The Buffalo News via AP)
24-hour subway service returning to city that never sleeps

By Karen Matthews And Marina Villeneuve May. 03, 2021 12:37 PM EDT

People ride escalators at Washington Metro's Dupont Circle station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:13 AM EDT

A woman waits to board a train as it arrives at Metro Center station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:09 AM EDT

This May 19, 2019 photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows workers during the L Project subway tunnel rehabilitation, in New York. Eight years ago Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, Superstorm Sandy pushed the Hudson River over its banks, sending 8 feet of water onto underground tracks and leaving the main waiting room unusable for months. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which serves several million riders daily on subways, trains and buses, had to repair damage to more than a dozen bridges and tunnels, many pre-dating World War II, caused by tens of millions of gallons of saltwater. (Trent Reeves/Metropolitan Transportation Authority via AP)
8 years later, Sandy still costing transit systems billions

By David Porter Oct. 29, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center left, greets a worker during a visit to the HS2 Solihull Interchange building site in Solihull, England, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Construction is set to formally begin on Britain’s 106 billion-pound ($140 billion) high-speed railway project, aiming to forge better connections between cities for decades to come. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defended the project, which has its “shovels in the ground" moment just as the country is wondering whether the over-budget and often-delayed project offers good value at a time when the the COVID-19 pandemic has enshrined the idea of working from home. (Andrew Fox/Pool Photo via AP)
Construction starts on Britain's high-speed rail project

Sep. 04, 2020 09:01 AM EDT

Downtown Reno plans get $600K EPA grant to tackle pollutants

By Scott Sonner May. 11, 2020 01:49 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno city officials plan to use a new $600,000 federal grant to take initial steps toward cleaning up contaminants along a 150-year-old...

LA-area subway construction expedited as virus cuts traffic

Apr. 03, 2020 10:45 AM EDT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County transportation officials are taking advantage of light traffic during the coronavirus pandemic to expedite...