Transportation

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Public School District is short hundreds of bus drivers, but a new agreement with a local transportation company means students who didn’t have transportation to school, now do. On Wednesday, the school board approved a deal between the district and the Pittsburgh Transportation Group. That group will provide three, 30-passenger buses each weekday for in-person instruction. This will be from May 10th through June 11th. The total payment in the agreement is $37,500. RELATED STORIES: Pittsburgh Public Schools Considering Using Port Authority To Transport Students Amid Bus Driver Shortage Busing Woes Continue For Hundreds Of Pittsburgh Public Schools Students Pittsburgh Public Schools Faces Transportation Challenges Transportation Shortage Threatens Return To In-Person Learning For PPS Students, Superintendent Says The district says the transportation will be provided to students in at least six schools that are in the “seat … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Public Schools And Pittsburgh Transportation Group Reach Agreement

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Park Avenue could be getting a makeover soon. And the famous boulevard could have a look which hasn’t been seen in decades, CBS2’s Christina Fan reported Tuesday. On a beautiful spring day like Tuesday, Park Avenue is stunning to behold from a distance. But try to go up close, and you’ll find the medians downright inhospitable to pedestrians. “I still to this day don’t know if I’m allowed to be here or not, if I’m totally honest,” Midtown resident Nick Sadler said. There is nowhere to walk or sit on the malls — a sharp contrast to what Park Avenue used to look like in the 1920s when the medians were nearly 40 feet wide with walking paths and benches. READ MORE : Renderings Of Possible Park Avenue Median Redesigns The city Department of Transportation is now looking at options to return the street back to its former state, including eliminating traffic lanes to widen the malls back to their design before cars took over. “Everything old is … [Read more...] about New York City Department Of Transportation Developing Plans To Beautify Venerable Park Avenue

Greek police in the western region of Thesprotia have arrested two men accused of transporting illegal immigrants in a private ambulance. The ambulance driver was arrested after police undertook a routine check of his vehicle and found two migrants in the back who could not produce any documents confirming whether they had arrived legally or had leave to remain in the country. The check took place in the area of the coastal city of Igoumenitsa, according to a report from the Greek newspaper Proto Thema . The city lies just south of the Greek border with Albania and is also a busy port with several ferries to mainland Italy. The ambulance is said to belong to a private company and was seized along with five mobile phones. People Traffickers Abandoned 17 Victims to Their Fate After Damaging Smuggling Boat https://t.co/4S9thrAN70 — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 14, 2021 Local prosecutors have charged the Greek driver and his Greek co-driver with … [Read more...] about Greek Police Arrest Men Using Ambulance to Transport Illegal Migrants

A Colorado company is reporting new developments in what an industry representative calls the “holy grail” of the evolution of electric vehicles — a solid state battery. Solid Power in Louisville said it has produced an automotive-scale battery, a step toward replacing the lithium ion batteries used in electric vehicles today. Solid Power’s next-generation battery is about the size of an iPad. Doug Campbell, Solid Power co-founder and CEO, said it could be used as a building block for an electric vehicle battery pack. “By and large, the transportation industry has concluded that solid state batteries have the highest potential to displace lithium ion as the high-performance battery of choice for electric vehicles,” Campbell said. But while the research into solid state batteries has been positive, people want to know when they’ll be ready to run electric vehicles, Campbell said. “When people criticize the solid state battery, they say, ‘Hey, that’s great data, but it’s … [Read more...] about Colorado company makes progress toward the “holy grail” of electric transportation

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is in Pittsburgh today, touring our bridges as part of the Biden administration’s work to gain support for the American Jobs Plan. The $2 trillion plan is aimed at putting people back to work by rebuilding the country’s infrastructure. READ MORE: President Joe Biden Visits Pittsburgh Area To Unveil American Jobs Plan To Upgrade America's Infrastructure Before speaking from Mt. Washington a little after 12:30 p.m., Buttigieg got a closer look at a few of the areas bridges while on a boat tour of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers. (Photo Credit: KDKA) He looked at the McKees Rocks and West End Bridges, among others. “Beautiful structures, but you could see nets hanging just to capture pieces of concrete that could fall onto the sidewalk,” Buttigieg said. “Pittsburgh has a total of 446 bridges, many of which are in a state of disrepair, and the same is true across this entire country.” … [Read more...] about ‘A State Of Disrepair’: Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg Drops By Pittsburgh, Tours Bridges And More As Part Of Infrastructure Plan