Transportation

On Thursday morning, a new Fifth Avenue intersection linking Mercy Medical Center’s Central Campus with downtown Des Moines and with the Interstate 235 frontage roads will be opened to traffic, Mercy officials announced.

The new intersection …

Megabus.com said in a news release that it anticipates an average 70 percent increase in riders in its Northeast and Midwest system. The intercity express bus company expects ridership to be up 85 percent in …

The Des Moines Airport Authority Board will hold its first meeting Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public and will take place at the boardroom of Des Moines International Airport. …

FedEx Corp. plans to hire 20,000 seasonal workers, 18 percent more than last year, to handle a surge in holiday deliveries, Bloomberg reported.

Shipments in the United States from Thanksgiving through Christmas may increase 12 …

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) has hired Claire Celsi to be its director of marketing and community partnerships. DART created the position in part to help communicate its DART Forward 2035 plan …

The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Iowa Transportation Commission approved a pair of grants in Greater Des Moines through the Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy local development grant program.

The commission approved up to $12.73 million to …

Business-jet sales may increase worldwide starting in 2012 as emerging-market demand outweighs a sluggish U.S. economy that fueled a probable decline this year, according to projections from Honeywell International Inc., Bloomberg reported.

Purchase expectations are …