Transportation

Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said the $2.55 billion first-quarter profit it reported yesterday may be the company’s biggest this year as costs increase, Bloomberg reported..

Ford will face $4 billion in higher …

Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. reported first-quarter losses today, bringing the total deficit for the five largest U.S. carriers to $951 million, Bloomberg reported.

The combined loss, excluding special items, widened …

Brad Miller, general manager of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART), will leave the bus service in July, DART announced today.

Miller has accepted an offer from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in …

Toyota Motor Corp., which could lose production of 300,000 vehicles in Japan following earthquake-related shutdowns in that country, expects production to return to normal by the end of the year.

Bloomberg reported that Toyota may …

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is offering free bus rides on Friday to encourage commuters to park their cars for Earth Day.

DART is campaigning to increase public awareness of the environmental …

Growth in railroad shipping volume indicates that the U.S. economic expansion is gaining momentum, even with rising energy prices in the first quarter, Bloomberg reported.

Total rail volumes, excluding grain and coal shipments, rose 7.9 …

Jet fleets at companies purchased through leveraged buyouts are at least 40 percent smaller than at similar publicly traded firms, Bloomberg reported.

Buyout funds soared leading up to the recession, and the financial discipline imposed …

Motor home manufacturer Winnebago Industries Inc. delivered fewer motor homes to dealers in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 than in the same period a year earlier, but the average unit price increased. The …

Officials from the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) are laying out initial plans to the public for a long-term DART Forward 2035 planning process this week.

Bruce Behncke of consulting firm Transportation Management …

Southwest Airlines Co. said today that it has completed inspections of its older Boeing 737s and found small cracks in five passenger planes, The New York Times reported.

The airline conducted the inspections after a …