Transportation

Members of the Iowa Transportation Commission will travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Iowa’s congressional delegation April 6-7, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced today.

Members will discuss federal surface transportation reauthorization …

Parts shortages caused by Japan’s earthquake could reduce global automobile production by about 30 percent, Bloomberg reported.

Research firm IHS Automotive said if parts plants affected by the quake don’t return to operation within six …

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will host a public meeting to receive comments on an amendment to the Federal Fiscal Years 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program at 6 p.m. on April 19 at …

U.S. automakers may seek to start providing as much as 15 percent of union workers’ compensation in performance bonuses and lump-sum payments, emulating how their Japanese counterparts and salaried employees are paid, Bloomberg reported.

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Iowa’s largest motorcoach company has formed an agreement to acquire the Lincoln, Neb., branch of Kincaid Coach Lines. Carroll-based Windstar Lines Inc. told the Lincoln Journal Star that it plans to operate about seven to …

Winnebago Industries Inc., the largest U.S. motor home maker, beat quarterly profit estimates today, but warned that rising fuel prices and commodity costs could present problems down the road, Reuters reported. Its shares fell 10 …

Ethanol futures prices dropped to a seven-week low in Chicago as corn declined on concern that demand from Japan will wane in the wake of the country’s worst earthquake, Bloomberg reported. The average ethanol mill …

If you’re not planning on wearing the green tomorrow, you may be seeing red unless you plan ahead. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick’s annual parade through downtown Des Moines will begin at noon Thursday …