Transportation

St. Louis Park autonomous vehicle takes off for California
St. Louis Park company VSI Labs has equipped a 2018 Ford Fusion with the latest technology for automated driving. On Tuesday, the company had three employees hop inside for a four-day, 2,000-mile cross-country ride while letting the car do the driving.
First day of security line changes at MSP Airport causes confusion
A construction project has shrunk the space at the south checkpoint in Terminal 1. As a result, Transportation Security Administration and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport officials have made the south checkpoint TSA Precheck only.
State transportation officials are continuing to look at several options — including converting a stretch of highway into a freeway — to ease traffic congestion and improve safety between downtown Minneapolis and the northwest metro.
MnDOT seeking fix for Minnesota highway sliding down hillside
A state highway in western Minnesota will remain closed into 2020 as officials create a plan to stop it from sliding down a slope. Parts of the roadway have shifted as much as three feet and are still moving.
The State Patrol says a 2-year-old boy in a stroller was killed and a teenager pushing him was injured when a pickup truck veered onto the shoulder of a highway in northeastern Minnesota and struck them and then fled.