http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation RSS Feed for P-com Jobs Transportation en-us Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:19:15 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20100405_Daunting_problems_for_N_J__s_new_DOT_chief.html James Simpson, the new commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, inherits plenty of problems as he takes over the sprawling agency. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20100406_US_Airways_starts_with_21_2-hour_stranding_rule.html To avoid fines that could total millions of dollars per flight if passengers were left stranded on tarmacs longer than three hours, US Airways said its planes would return to the gate after 21/2 hours, unless takeoff were imminent. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20100406__16M_fine_for_Toyota_.html WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. faces a maximum penalty of more than $16 million, a record civil penalty against an automaker, for failing to promptly notify the U.S. government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20091001_ap_govtseeksbanontextingtruckersbusdrivers.html The Obama administration said Thursday it will seek to ban text messaging by interstate bus drivers and truckers and push states to pass their own laws against driving cars while distracted. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20090726_Philadelphia-area_freight_business_shedding_jobs.html Clutching their coffee cups like talismans - as if a hot cup of coffee might bring them luck, or at least a day's work - the stevedores who unload the region's commerce from cargo ships on the Delaware River amble into their union's no-frills hiring hall in the shadow of the Walt Whitman Bridge. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20090810_NFI_purchase_enhances_port_presence_in_South.html Vineland-based NFI has acquired Network Logistics Solutions, a contract warehouse management company headquartered in Savannah, Ga. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20091010_Pa__emission_control_draft_plan_released.html Trailing 37 other states that have done so already, Pennsylvania yesterday released a draft plan to address climate change. It was hailed by environmental groups as a big step forward, by industry groups as a potential roadblock for business, and by the head of an electric-power-generation organization as "a dream world." http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20090616_FAA_to_tell_airlines_to_check_pilots__test_records.html WASHINGTON - U.S. airlines will be told they should check the private-plane flying records of pilots who are applying for jobs, part of an effort by regulators to boost regional carrier safety after a fatal crash near Buffalo. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20090616_Phila__airport_gets_money_for_new_screening_steps.html Philadelphia International Airport received $26.6 million in federal economic-stimulus money yesterday for construction of two new baggage-screening and explosive-detection systems. http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/industries/transportation/20090616_Cherry_Hill_seeks_a_new_vision_for_Route_70.html The old gatehouse is a reminder of the heyday of the Golden Triangle, a section of Cherry Hill where residents and visitors once gambled, shopped and dined.