Transportation

Battle over CDC's powers goes far beyond travel mask mandate
A federal judge's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mask mandate for travelers is only the latest in a series of challenges that seek to rein in the agency.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.