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MTA New York Directed To Upgrade Train Technology on Metro-North Rail Road

Photo: Buck Ennis. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority  Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been directed to meet next year’s deadline for installing crash-prevention technology on the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, saying any further delays would be unacceptable. A Metro-North passenger train derailed in the Bronx in 2013, killing four people. Positive

U.S State of Maryland boots nearly 15 percent of new ride-hail drivers for failing screening, 95% are Uber drivers

Maryland has booted more than 4,000 Uber drivers for failing the state’s screening requirements recently Maryland - Nearly 15 percent of new ride-hail drivers in Maryland have been booted from the apps over the previous six months for failing state screening, regardless of having handed Uber and Lyft’s background checks, based on

Middle East Investors Show Interest in Nigerian Airports Concession

Abuja - Nigeria - There are indications that investors from the Middle East are interested in the ongoing concession of Nigerian Airports. According to The Guardian, the interests in the multi-million dollar concession arrangement that have been received so far are from countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which doesn't seem

Lufthansa Sees Cargo Business Continue To Improve In Third Quarter

Lufthansa see improvements in Cargo business Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division saw revenues and operating profits continue to improve during the third quarter of the year as the market maintained its upward trend and the carrier offloaded two MD-11Fs. The German airline’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, Jettainer, time: matters

Why Asia Has The World’s Best Airports For Sleeping…

Airports aren’t the bus depots that they once were, stuffed with rows of hard-backed seats facing the departure gates. Now airports aiming to attract budget travelers assume that some will bed down between flights. If you’re in that fare bracket, your first plane could arrive around midnight and your connector just a few hours later. If a flight from

Tesla bought an old GM-Toyota factory and made it cool — but in its former life it built a lot more cars

Inside the Tesla factory. Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider Tesla's factory in California has a theoretical manufacturing capacity of 500,000 annually. Toyota and GM built almost that many there in 2006. Tesla is struggling to hit its manufacturing targets for the Model 3. Its factory produced close to 450,000 vehicles annually when it

Nigeria’s law makers Wade into FAAN, Bi-Courtney Disagreement over MMA2

Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MM2), Lagos Lagos - Nigerian's national assembly joint committee on Aviation has promised to resolve the protracted disagreement between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the concession of the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal

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