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Transportation

Officials celebrate start of U.S. Highway 14 expansion project in southern Minnesota

Officials celebrate start of U.S. Highway 14 expansion project in southern Minnesota

Work to expand another 12 miles of U.S. Highway 14 to four lanes in southern Minnesota is underway. It's the last leg in a decades-long effort to create a four-lane transportation corridor between Rochester and New Ulm.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota airports, transit systems drop mask mandates in wake of federal court ruling

Minnesota airports, transit systems drop mask mandates in wake of federal court ruling

Airlines, MSP Airport, Metro Transit and several other public transit agencies around Minnesota have stopped requiring people to wear face coverings, in the wake of Monday's federal court ruling striking down a national mask mandate.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Latest light rail plan puts Blue Line in heart of north Minneapolis

Latest light rail plan puts Blue Line in heart of north Minneapolis

Twin Cities transit officials have released their preferred route for the Blue Line extension from downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park, even as they scramble to come up with another $500 million to complete the beleaguered Southwest Corridor light rail project.
by Matt Sepic

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After 2 years of empty airports, the demand for travel is at a high. So are airfares

After 2 years of empty airports, the demand for travel is at a high. So are airfares

Domestic air travel demand this spring is back to pre-pandemic levels. But airlines see headwinds as the war in Ukraine drives up jet fuel prices and air fares and has international travel lagging
by David Schaper

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Biden plans a major withdrawal from the country's oil reserves to control gas prices

Biden plans a major withdrawal from the country's oil reserves to control gas prices

President Joe Biden announced a plan Thursday to draw 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve — an unprecedented push to use the emergency stocks to try to take the edge off of soaring gasoline prices.
by NPR Staff

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The case of the $489,000 air ambulance ride

The case of the $489,000 air ambulance ride

Diagnosed with aggressive leukemia while on a trip to Wyoming, a man thought his insurance would cover an air ambulance ride home to North Carolina. Instead, he got hit with an astronomical bill.
by Julie Appleby

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