On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly amid a herky-jerky backup ahead of a construction zone on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton tractor-trailer going about 80 mph.

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Federal transportation officials have ordered a Houston-based energy transportation company not to re-open a pipeline after it ruptured and leaked oil into a Wisconsin field.

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By Jack Zemlicka It costs La Crosse County about $25 plus labor to replace a stop sign. In some cases, the county can cut that cost in half. “If the sign isn’t bent, or there isn’t a bullet hole or ...

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Washington — Twenty-four states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak are vying for $2.4 billion in federal aid that became available when Florida's governor canceled a high-speed rail project in his state, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

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By James Briggs For the second time since Gov. Scott Walker was elected in November, Democratic lawmakers say he is gambling with federal transportation money. The first time was when Walker turned away more than $800 million that would have ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Local streetcar operations ended a mere 56 years ago, back in 1954. But, much like their counterparts in Milwaukee, city of Minneapolis planners are working to bring streetcars back. Last week, ...

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By Joe Lanane The $1.2 billion in federal high-speed rail money originally intended for Wisconsin and Ohio is fueling an acceleration of train projects across the country. In Washington, for instance, high-speed rail construction north of Seattle to the Canadian ...

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The state and some Wisconsin counties are stuck with the $35 million tab to upgrade a freight line between Madison and Watertown now that federal high-speed train money is gone.

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By James Briggs As the city of Madison plans the next 20-plus years of downtown development, a glaring inaccuracy now exists in a document making its way through city committees. The draft still includes maps with a high-speed rail station ...

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By James Briggs The mayors of Wisconsin’s two most populous cities are off to a quiet, yet turbulent start with the state’s governor-elect. Three weeks before inauguration, Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker is advancing an agenda at odds with the interests ...

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