Transportation

Meanwhile, a growing number of state and local officials are funding rail projects, tempering the nation’s 50-year preference for building new highways. One reason: People are sick of traffic jams and diesel fumes.

Many urban development projects become unfeasible when large amounts of parking are required by local zoning codes. Contributed by Chris Steins in Planetizen Livable Places has prepared a brief fact sheet that outlines the problem…

Big Sky Airlines plans to quit its money-losing routes between Casper, Gillette and Billings starting Aug. 1. Associated Press Billings Gazette Kim Champney, president of the Billings-based airline, said Big Sky has been losing $50,000…

A Washington, D.C., consultant will soon present to state officials the results of a study about the impacts Amtrak has on Montana. The state wants to have the information in hand in case Congress either…

Horizon Air said Monday it will offer daily nonstop flights between Idaho Falls and Seattle, and one-stop, same-plane service between Pocatello and Seattle. The service begins Sept. 7. Also, effective immediately, the airline is permanently…

Delta Connection announced Thursday that it will offer customers an additional daily round-trip regional jet flight between Salt Lake City and Helena, Mont., beginning July 1. The additional round-trip flight provides an early morning departure…

"The response has been incredible," said Lambeth, a longtime entrepreneur who bought 10 Segway Human Transporters with a partner and started his company, Fun Transport, which aims to rent them out to people looking for easy, cheap transportation.

The temptation to ride a bicycle to work or school seems to grow in direct proportion to the thermometer. The warmer it gets, the more bikes on the road. But cyclists across Bozeman say that…

"To be a leading business center as a metropolitan area, you need to have connections globally, and air travel is the best way to do that," said Scott Anderson, senior economist with Wells Fargo & Co., based in Minneapolis.

In a historic shift, the state of California announced today a series of new rules that largely abandon the state’s 12-year commitment requiring automobile companies to build and sell electric cars. By the Mercury News…