Transportation

Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation received federal approval for the trains traveling between Chicago and St. Louis to have a maximum speed of 110 mph, up from 90 mph.

A St. Louis tech startup plans to deliver its first electrified and remote-controlled train cars to mining companies later this year. Intramotev company representatives also hope to market its TugVolt trains to companies that rely on shipping by truck.

Advocates said it's hard for disabled people to find jobs and get to medical appointments without paratransit services that would be cut in some areas on April 10.

The Senate appropriations chief is floating a bond-funded plan to beef up a Interstate 70 project to add new lanes across the state.

Metro Call-A-Ride paratransit services will reduce services in parts of St. Louis County starting next month. Metro officials say they need to cut routes to help reduce trip denials and phone reservation wait times. But advocates for people with disabilities worry that the reduced bus service will limit their independence.

Truck drivers have a limit: 14 hours. After that long work day, they have to park. The truck has to stop and it can’t move again for 10 hours. But finding a place to park an 80-foot-long semi can be a nightmare, one that endangers truckers and slows down commerce. Truckers have been struggling for decades to get Washington to do something about it.

A national shortage of 80,000 truck drivers is spurring worry about the country's reliance on long-haul shipping.

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, concentrations of a harmful air pollutant dropped by more than 30% on average worldwide, Washington University researchers have found.

Officials at St. Louis Lambert International Airport are considering a plan that would build a new, single terminal to replace the airport’s two existing ones. Lambert officials are expected to submit the plan to the Federal Aviation Administration this year.

Earlier this month, transit riders who use Metro Transit’s app to purchase tickets and choose routes may have noticed a new option popping up on their screens: Via Metro STL. The on-demand, $2-per-ride transit service started operating in certain areas of St. Louis County a year ago and has recently been expanded.