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The long-delayed prototype of Airbus' first military transport plane has been moved from the factory for final ground tests before its maiden flight next month, a spokeswoman said Friday.
The European Commission has announced a plan to boost employment and save euro2.4 billion ($3.1 billion) by cutting red tape in the EU maritime transport sector.
The European Union has approved euro1.7 billion (US$2.15 billion) in funding for 11 railway projects aimed at clearing bottlenecks in Europe's transport grid.
The EU transport commissioner says European and African countries should work to build a single highway system connecting northern and southern Africa.
Railway and mass transit workers in Italy staged a strike Monday, creating chaos for commuters, while a wildcat protest by some of Alitalia's staff forced the national airline to scrap dozens of flights.
A truck carrying a rocket booster for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile tipped over on a northwestern North Dakota road on Thursday, but no one was injured and there was no threat to the public, an Air Force official said.
Transport workers in Italy have gone on strike, forcing the cancellation of thousands of bus, tram and subway lines and snarling traffic across the country.
Transportation workers have walked off their jobs across Italy in a dispute over contracts.
A medical transport service overcharged the federal government nearly $2 million to evacuate sick or injured people during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a government audit found.
The micro-copter uses a simple optical trick to fly gracefully (Image: Hubert Raguet)
Caption: Ibeo's laser scanner keeps track of vehicles in the road ahead (Image: Ibeo)
California is unlikely to win its lawsuit against six of the world’s largest car manufacturers, which it filed earlier this week, say legal experts. The state is suing the automakers for the costs it says are associated with the vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions.
Car that turns into a motorbikeAt the switch of a button, this goes from a car to a motorbike letting you zip between lanes. It would run on rechargeable batteries with a hydraulics system
Cyclists will be given green light to ignore one-way signsCyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way along one-way streets under a change intended to encourage more people to give up their cars or use them less.
WWF Urges Public to Patronize Ethanol Fuels [Manila, Philippines] As one of the environmental sector's most experienced solutions-providers, WWF asserts that embracing biofuels such as ethanol can help open up the automotive industry – and the economy in general – towards a cleaner and greener era.
Sheik Chic: Dubai's New Metro Is Fit for a King, But Will Locals Ride It? It is the longest automated metro system in the world, complete with luxury compartments, Wi-Fi and air conditioning. But will Dubai succeed in luring sheiks out of their cars in an emirate where gasoline only costs 25 cents a liter?
Mini Coupé Concept car (2009): showroom bound in 2011Revealed 50 years to the day since the launch of the classic original Mini, this is the stunning Mini Coupé Concept, which CAR expects to enter production in 2011.
Wanted: Space taxi proposals CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA plans to use US$50 million (S$72 million) of federal economic stimulus funds to seed development of commercial passenger transportation service to space, agency officials said on Monday.
Lamborghini Announces Hybrid Coming In 2015 Exotic car maker Lamborghini has announced they will be entering the hybrid fray with their iconic Gallardo.
Very funny Oz newspaper letter re freeway-endangered species - bandicoots and golfersScroll down to "Alternative Route": "THE endangered southern bandicoots are going to be wiped out of The Pines by Peninsula Link [Melbourne, Australia] ... another species that could be endangered instead... "
Cop gives back € 150,000 lost by armoured carShocked security guards had 150,000 Euros handed back to them after a policeman saw the cash slide out of the back of an armoured car as they transported money in Vienna.
Our lack of high-speed railways is humiliating. In this key capability, Britain is a banana republic
GOP Faults Stimulus ProjectsSenate Republicans are trying to fire up more debate about the quality of the projects funded by the federal stimulus plan, calling out proposals to spend $16 million on scarcely used rural bridges in Wisconsin and $3.4 million for "eco-passage" wildlife crossings in Florida.
Large increase in people moving away from IcelandIcelandic shipping company Samskip says its transport of personal household effects from Iceland has increased by 20 percent in 2009 compared to the first part of last year.
Minister appoints Lavatory Tsars to improve the state of Britain's station toiletsA minister is so appalled by the state of station toilets that he's appointing two Loo Tsars.
A different 'spin' on flying cars - Vertical Take Off Flying DiscA company in Australia is developing a flight technology that allows for compact Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) using a type of fan system to move air that is commonly found in central heating/cooling systems.
Iron Cove bridge RTATHE State Government will spend $175 million building a three-lane bridge over Iron Cove even though it concedes the existing bridge could be modified to take all the extra traffic.
Cyborg rolls a little closer: The chariot which lets amputees 'stand tall and walk'Amputees and people with difficulty standing could soon move using a 'wearable transportation device' that gives the effect of walking.
Dog poo biofuel to power Berlin buses It is technically illegal not to bag Fido's faeces in German cities, but notoriously poor Berlin just hasn't had the resources to enforce fines – much less hire poop scoopers to maintain public areas, Schauffel said.
Police save 4,200 suffocating trout on Bavarian autobahnOfficers managed to save some 4,200 trout from certain death on the autobahn after an emergency call from a truck driver, Bavarian police reported on Wednesday.
Britain to have fastest train service in the world within 12 years - Times Online The fastest, most frequent train service in the world could run between London and the North within 12 years, according to the chairman of the government-owned company planning the high-speed link.
space for more...Call it poverty or lack of infrastructural growth, this article in in itself lends a wonderous insight into the variety called life. Isn't it amazing to find that human beings are capable of being so accomodating!
Smuggler with broken leg wears cocaine castSpanish police arrested a man arriving at Barcelona's airport from Chile after determining that the cast on his fractured left leg was made of cocaine, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday.
Yes, I am very happy where I live because I live in the Royal Borough of Berkshire, which is a very leafy county in England.
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