Transportation Stories for 2009

TSA Subpoenas Bloggers Over New Security Directive 379
Midwest Seeing Red Over 'Green' Traffic Lights 839
Bruce Schneier On Airport Security 582
China Debuts the World's Fastest Train 491
World's First Production Hybrid Motorcycle To Hit Market In India 128
TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight 888
Man Tries To Use Explosive Device On US Flight 809
Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names 301
The Last GM Big-Block V-8 Rolls Off the Line 525
Ford's New Cars To Be Wi-Fi Hotspots 196
A Requiem For Saab 438
Driver Gets Stuck On Cruise Control 38
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight 278
Are Sat-Nav Systems Becoming Information Overload? 186
Fines Fail To Curb Cell Phone Usage While Driving 339
Lotus Teases With a Fuel-Agnostic Two-Stroke Engine 269
ISS Can Now Watch Sea Traffic From Space 89
US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft 287
Electric Mini Cooper Has Rough Start 308
New Aluminum-Ice Rocket Propellant Tested 130
Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140
Solar-Powered Plane Makes Runway Debut 120
UAVs Go Green With Fuel-Cell Powered "Ion Tiger" 83
Berkeley Engineers Have Some Bad News About Air Cars 278
FAA Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Airline Delays 133
TSA Changes Its Rules, ACLU Lawsuit Dropped 285
Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets 245
"Road Trains" Ready To Roll 318
Radar Beats GPS In Court — Or Does It? 369
Computer Failure Causes Gridlock In MD County 483
FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving 432
Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms 1146
Rise of the Robot Squadrons 245
Appeal For Commuter GPS Logs To Aid Electric Cars 144
What Happened To the Bay Bridge? 407
Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car 392
No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars 584
Laptop Fires On Airplanes 560
Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New Software 518
Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars 609
125 Years of Longitude 0 0' 00" At Greenwich 429
Ultracapacitor Bus Recharges At Each Stop 419
Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA 762
Delta Air Lines Sued Over Alleged E-mail Hacking 152
Gigantic Air Gun To Blast Cargo Into Orbit 384
Commercial Fuel From Algae Still Years Away 134
Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars 451
Hyperdrive Propulsion Could Be Tested At the LHC 322
Captain Bligh's Logbooks To Yield Climate Bounty 232
Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? 1040
California Requests Stimulus Funding For Bullet Train 567
Massachusetts Police Can't Place GPS On Autos Without Warrant 194
Synthetic Sebum Makes Slippery Sailboats 128
For New Zealanders, No More Phones As Sat-Nav Devices 364
'09 Malibu Vs. '59 Bel Air Crash Test 496
New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph 253
$529M Gov't Loan To Develop $89,000 Hybrid Sports Car 293
Honda's Answer To the Segway 247
250-Foot Hybrid Airship To Spy Over Afghanistan 343
Dymaxion Car Being Restored 121
Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect 553
Secret GPS Tracking Now Legal In Massachusetts 277
Transforming Waste Plastic Into $10/Barrel Fuel 315
(Near) Constant Internet While RV'ing? 438
"Right To Repair" Bill Advances In Massachusetts 478
Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax 792
Ford's New Radar Technology Based On Open Source 259
Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?" 480
First Algae Car Attempts To Cross the US On 25 Gallons of Fuel 188
Swine Flu Outbreak At PAX 374
Mach 6 Test Aircraft Set For Trials 131
Space Shuttle To Be Replaced By SpaceX For ISS Resupply 297
India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months 611
Solar Roadways Get DoT Funding 484
Pogo-Style Robot Legs Allow 9-Foot Bounces 42
Steam-Powered Car Breaks Century-Old Speed Record 187
"Smart" Parking Meters Considered Dumb 863
New York MTA Asserts Copyright Over Schedule 395
World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight 687
Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again 334
Can Unmanned Aircraft Mix With Commercial Planes? 203
Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City 1006
GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites 336
Tesla Motors Turns a Profit For the First Time 248
FBI Nabs Chicago Transit Authority Radio Hacker 177
A Hypothesis On Segway Hate 487
Nissan Unveils All-Electric LEAF 586
"Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas 594
White Knight Two Unveiled 144
Hackers Get Free Parking In San Francisco 221
Prototype Vehicle For the Blind 238
Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams 882
Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality 373
Armadillo Aerospace Flight Paves Way For Science Payloads 63
Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled 299
MIT Electric Car May Outperform Rival Gas Models 457
Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug 388
US Agency Blocked Cellphone / Driving Safety Study 464
California's Revised Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance Draws Continued Objections 411
SpaceX Boosts Malaysian Satellite Into Orbit 71
Robotic Glider Set To Break Autonomous Flight Records 33
NTSB Says a Downdraft Killed Steve Fossett 101
Is Sat-Nav Destroying Local Knowledge? 519
Can Urine Rescue Hydrogen-Powered Cars? 313
Sahimo Hydrogen Vehicle Gets Over 1,300 mpg 453
Toyota Builds a Patent Thicket For Hybrid Cars 307
New Zealand Creates Safety Billboard That Bleeds When It Rains 137
Passenger Avoids Delay By Fixing Plane Himself 178
Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? 790
New Video of Tesla's Mass-Market Electric Car 462
TSA Asked to Ensure Safety Of Customer Data After Clear Closing 75
Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider 856
Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight 128
GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested 891
Controversy Over San Francisco Public Transportation Data 111
Investigators Suspect Computers Doomed Air France Jet 403
Why Don't MMOs Allow Easier Transportation? 337
Hackable In-Car GPS Unit? 208
Alternative Energy Policies a Boon For Inflatable Electric Car 133
Out of Business, Clear May Sell Customer Data 77
Solar Plane To Make Public Debut 76
Buzz Aldrin's Radical Plan For NASA 519
Tesla Nabs $465M Government Loan To Build Model S 505
Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations 171
Watch TV On Your Satnav 225
Spaceport America Begins Construction 95
Introducing the Warpship 361
Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel 717
Open Source Car — 20 Year Lease, Free Fuel For Life 319
For Airplane Safety, Trying To Keep Birds From Planes 368
Analysis Says Planes Might Be Greener Than Trains 345
Could a Meteor Have Brought Down Air France 447? 884
Research Vehicle Reaches the Bottom of the Ocean 165
GM's Hummer Brand To Be Sold To a Chinese Company 429
Cancer Patient Held At Airport For Missing Fingerprints 323
Green GT's All-Electric Supercar Unveiled 196
USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg To Be Sunk For a Reef 169
Survey Finds Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food 247
Rutgers Attempts Robot Atlantic Crossing 67
Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car 403
Freshman Representative Opposes "TSA Porn" 620
Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices 859
US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 1186
An Australian Space Agency At Last? 189
Funding For Automotive Fuel Cells Cut 293
220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona 416
Brain Scanning May Be Used In EU Security Checks 132
Mapping Hidden Twitter Data For Epidemiology 75
Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court 594
The Grid, Our Cars, and the Net 222
Hackers Broke Into FAA Air Traffic Control Systems 124
Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? 1137
Virgin American In-Flight Internet Review, From In-Flight 198
More "Miles Per Acre" From Bioelectricity Than Ethanol 223
External Airbag Designed to Protect Pedestrians 253
Robots Take To the Stairs 85
Russian Manned Space Vehicle May Land With Rockets 197
Race Car Made With Veggies And Powered By Chocolate 83
Developing Battery Replacement Infrastructure For Electric Cars 369
Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? 776
Cornell Grad Students Go Ballooning (Again) 58
Ford Bets On Social Media For Fiesta 186
Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US 1385
NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" 302
Computer-Controlled Cargo Sailing Vessels Go Slow, Frugal 210
Tesla CEO Says Gov't Loan Is 99% Sure and Deserved 652
Tesla Roadster Runs For 241 Miles In E-Rally 294
Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car 394
Solar Powered Car Can Get Close To 60 mph 119
Quantum Setback For Warp Drives 627
American Airlines To Offer Wi-Fi In Planes 303
New Speed Record Set For Wind-Powered Vehicles 138
Tesla Releases First Official Photos of Model S Sedan 378
Mississippi Passes Law To Ban Traffic Light Cameras 629
World's Cheapest Car Goes On Sale In India 571
Tai Chi Scooter Promises Fun and Falls 30
Tickets On Sale In Sweden For Space Tourism, Starting In 2012 66
Flying Car Passes First Flight Test 273
The Lightning Hybrid and the Inizio EV 128
Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving 601
Cities View Red Light Cameras As Profit Centers 740
US Pentagon Plans For a Spy Blimp 374
Human Exoskeletons Getting Closer 198
Europe's Biggest Amateur Rocket Completes Test-Firing 153
GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt 769
Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney 378
Flying Car Flies From London To Africa 148
Jet Pack Runs For Hours On Water 268
Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common 585
MIT Team Creates Shock That Recharges Your Car 281
The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes 242
The Flying Giant Is 40 Years Old 366
Two Big Tests For Personal Rapid Transportation 299
UK Government Plans 10-Year Database of Citizens' Travel 289
Italian Red Lights Rigged With Short Yellow Light 353
"Subhuman Project" Human Powered Submarine 103
Progress On Electric Cars 594
Scientists Teleport Information Between Ions a Meter Apart 220
Boat Moves Without an Engine Or Sails 234
No More Space Tourists After 2009, Russia Says 105
Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker 740
February Deadline For Emergency Beacons Approaches 184
Flying Car Ready To Take Off 315
USAF Seeks Air Force One Replacement 640
Researchers Apply P2P Principles To Car Traffic 111
First Flight of Jet Powered By Algae-Fuel 255
Lexus To Start Spamming Car Buyers In Their Cars 317
A Peek At DHS's Files On You 241
Carefully Timed Jerks Could Power Space Elevator 270
Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested By Amtrak Police 675
Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car 743
Security Checkpoints Predict What You Will Do 369