Transportation

Transportation Director Mike Tooley said this move will allow the state Transportation Department to put out for bid the 30 projects that the agency had put on hold in December because of a funding shortfall.

Transportation is undergoing major shifts — with new technologies and upgraded methods.

An efficient, safe and well
-maintained transportation system provides economic and
social benefits by affording individuals access to em
ployment, housing, healthcare, education,
goods and services, recreation, entertainment, family, and social activities.

By launching two all-electric Proterra vehicles, with this deployment, UM becomes the first campus in the nation to operate zero-emission vehicles in its transit fleet.

The Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport announced today that American Airlines will offer a new, non-stop seasonal service to Chicago O’Hare Airport.

John Brewer president and CEO of the Billings Chamber of Commerce said the community has been asking for direct air service to the southern United States for a long time.

"The moment for a tipping point for electric vehicles is not here — yet again." But there are also "some developments that make me think it’s not back to zero."

Less cars on the road would mean less traffic and less pollution, and MIT researchers even say drivers would make as much money as they do today.

The proposed rule has the potential to cause traffic crashes to plummet, thus greatly reducing traffic fatalities.

Carmakers are looking ahead to a day when the automobile plays a smaller role, or even no role at all, in many people’s daily routines.