Events for “transport”

Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX) is Positioned to Leverage Evolving Freight Market

ABP's possible PE sale could extend transportation's mega-deal run

Swvl (SWVL) is Raising $13M for U.S. Expansion and a Transport Lending Offering. Is It Taking On Too Much at Once?

Levy secretly added to Victorian public transport fares scrapped as Labor admits it ‘did not pass the pub test’

Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian premi

How climate change affects different modes of transport—from roads to railways

As climate change makes extreme weather more frequent and intense, floods, heat waves, droughts, wildfires and storms are increasingly disrupting roads, railways, airports and waterways. Roads have been closed in Germany during this summer's heat waves, for example, while travel

Transport regulator investigating two more incidents at Sydney airport, taking tally to six in a month – as it happened

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Angela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that s

Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general finds, as questions raised over premier’s involvement Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app o

DR Congo’s riverboat economy – how a floating transport system tells the country’s story

Baleinières, handmade wooden cargo ships, are floating microcosms of life in the DR Congo.

Watch live: Mullin, Duffy to announce crackdown on alleged trucking fraud

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday will announce new efforts to combat alleged fraud in the trucking industry in remarks from Detroit.

Will call for bandh in Bengaluru: Private transport operators

Dalit man transporting cattle forced to eat cattle dung by ‘cow vigilantes’ in Maharashtra; no arrest made yet

A case was registered against the six on August 27 after a video purportedly showing the incident went viral; one of the accused recorded the incident and threatened the victim with serious consequences if they approached the police

When public transport paves the way for Chennai’s development

From operating one of India’s earliest train and tramcar services to nationalising public transport in 1947, Chennai has been a trendsetter in the public transport scene. Today, residents can choose from suburban, MTC, MRTS and Metro Rail services

How climate change affects different modes of transport – from roads to railways

Climate change does not affect every form of transport in the same way. And the result is more than just cancelled journeys.

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

A new national space transportation policy signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday calls for the development of more spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 2030. The presidential memorandum replaces a 2013 policy signed by former President B

Asia's hydrogen dreams: Region bets on emerging green technology to improve transportation

Asia’s hydrogen train push may be less about rail and more about building a broader hydrogen economy.

ED arrests former Minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao in liquor transport scam

YSRCP leaders condemn arrest as political vendetta; ED probes alleged ₹195-crore money laundering racket and tender irregularities

Railways to operate 60 extra trains services for 2027 Pushkarams

The police and transportation departments were directed to prepare a report on route maps, entry and exit points at the railway stations, including Godavari and Rajamahendravaram railway stations, and walking routes to guide visitors during the Pushkarams.

Study finds food insecurity remains in historically redlined neighborhoods

Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy food in neighborhoods historically subjected to "redlining"—the now-illegal practice once used to refuse loans, insurance or mortgages to people in certain

The dynamic duo: 'Weaving' hierarchical DNA materials with two classes of biomolecular nanomachines

Biomolecular nanomachines, such as enzymes and molecular motors, are the workhorses behind the synthesis and organization of complex materials in life. Powered by chemical energy, they build, transport and organize biomolecules, allowing living systems to create and maintain high

Weather tracker: Extreme rain deluges Japan and South Korea

Downpours break records and cause transport chaos, evacuations and deaths, as people get trapped inside vehicles South Korea and Japan were hit by extreme rain late last week and into this week. On 13 August in the city of Chiba near Tokyo there was a record-breaking 115mm of rai

From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely

Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.

archdaily.com

Severe late-August wildfires across northern Algeria have brought residential areas, agricultural lands, and critical transport corridors directly into the path of rapidly spreading flames.

Duffy announces emergency shutdown of 110 driving schools over English proficiency rule

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday his department is shutting down 110-plus driving schools that gave licenses to drivers who failed English language proficiency (ELP) tests.

TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Mum says family 'lucky to be alive' after train crash

British Transport Police say a man who was in a van died at the scene on Saturday afternoon.

Man dies after train hits van on level crossing

British Transport Police said a man who was in a van died at the scene, in Burscough.

Nepali army uses helicopters to rescue flood survivors

With roads damaged by the deadly floods, the Nepali army is using helicopters to carry out rescue operations and transport survivors to safety.

Bombay HC disposes of PIL after Maharashtra gives drivers one year to learn Marathi

Additional government pleader Jyoti Chavan informed the court that the Transport Minister had confirmed the one-year period

‘Not taken into confidence’: Shiv Sena upset over Maharashtra CM’s ‘unilateral decision’ to relax Marathi rule for autorickshaw, taxi drivers

Shiv Sena leader and Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik had announced a drive to ensure that commercial autorickshaw and taxi drivers in the State speak ‘functional Marathi’

NTSB: Temporary Ellipse site factored into Marine One incident

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Thursday blaming the location of a temporary Ellipse site for an incident in early August when President Trump’s Marine One helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet.

Watch: India sends more relief supplies to flood-ravaged Nepal

India on Thursday sent a second tranche of relief supplies to flood-ravaged Nepal in a military transport aircraft. On Wednesday, 10 tonnes of HADR, or Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, material were dispatched to the neighbouring country.

Japan may freeze aviation fuel tax increase

The transport ministry has judged that continued tax support for airlines is necessary amid soaring fuel prices reflecting the Middle East turmoil.

CIA director in Moscow for meetings — US media reports

US media outlets say John Ratcliffe was in Russia to attend meetings. Flight tracking websites had earlier detected the arrival of a US military transport plane at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.

TSA ditches Gold+ privatized airport security program

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Monday it will phase out its new Gold+ private airport screening program, opting instead to optimize its existing Screening Partnership Program (SPP). TSA unveiled the change as part of its Horizon 25 Strategy, named in h

Bombay High Court to hear PIL against Marathi rule for drivers

The petition challenges the August 12 notification of the Home (Transport) Department, which amended the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to include this condition for licence grants, renewals, and permit holders

Tornado devastates village in southwestern France’s Aude region

A tornado tore through the southwestern French village of Pomas on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging about 300 homes, authorities said. The storm ripped roofs from buildings as severe weather battered the region, causing power outages and transport disruption and forcing of

Tornado in France damages homes, injures dozens

A tornado tore through southwestern France, uprooting trees, damaging dozens of homes and causing transport chaos across the region.

Australian children’s classics: Playing Beatie Bow is a time-slip novel that makes Sydney strange

Ruth Park’s classic asks us to inhabit the past as a real place – just as 14-year-old Abigail does, when she’s transported from 1980 to 1873, in Sydney’s The Rocks.

TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor visits Tata-Lockheed Martin aerospace facility in Hyderabad

The visit comes as Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Lockheed Martin seek to expand their partnership to meet India’s recently released Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) requirement

Saudi Arabia’s MBS visits Macron in France: What to expect

Saudi crown prince and French president are set to sign several agreements on health, transport and energy.

Unlocking hidden revenue streams with market models

Each day, an airline transports tens of thousands of passengers on hundreds of flights. Often these are not straightforward point-to-point routes, with passengers requiring multiple connections. The airline can consider potentially hundreds of variables to price each of these jou

Distracted Italian pedestrians who cross road while on phone could be fined under new code

Updated draft highway code follows several court rulings assigning blame for road accidents to careless pedestrians Italy’s updated highway code will target pedestrians who stare at their mobile phones while crossing the road, as the country’s transport ministry strives to improv

Duffy: Carney will ‘come to the table’ because tariffs will be ‘devastating’

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to “come to the table” on trade because tariffs against the U.S.’s northern neighbor will be “devastating.” “To think that they’re going to go to war with Donald Trump and actually w

Pete Buttigieg returns to first-in-the-nation South Carolina with a fresh appeal to Black voters - CNN

Pete Buttigieg returns to first-in-the-nation South Carolina with a fresh appeal to Black voters CNN Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at NAACP Orangeburg Annual Freedom Fund Celebration WIS News 10 South Carolina Democrats gather in Florence for annual Spratt

Macron hosts Saudi crown prince for two-day visit to include issues from energy to Mideast

Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was welcomed on Sunday by French President Emmanuel Macron for a two-day visit to the country. Several agreements on health, transport and energy will be signed on the second day of the visit on Monday underlining th