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Airplane Passengers Have New-Found Flying Rights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Starting Tuesday airline passengers will have more power. High profile cases, including one in Minnesota, led to the new rules. On August 11, 2009, 47 passengers spent nine hours...
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Target Field Light Rail Station Receives $10M Grant
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Target Field light rail station will get some sprucing up thanks to a $10 million federal grant from the Department of Transportation. The funds will be used to help construct...
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Highway 61 Closure At Hastings Bridge Postponed
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – The closure of Highway 61 at the Hastings Bridge over the Mississippi River had been postponed. According to the Department of Transportation, crews and now going to float-in...
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Light Rail Construction Brings Wed. Night Road Closures In St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Multiple lanes of Interstate 94 and ramps of Interstate 35E will close in the downtown St. Paul commons area Wednesday night for light-rail-related construction, the Department of...
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Eastern Minn. Hit By Nearly 1 Foot Of Snow
CORNUCOPIA, Wis. (AP) — Deep snow, strong wind and plummeting temperatures complicated travel on Black Friday in eastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, and the treacherous conditions could endure...
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MnDOT Warns Of Difficult Driving Conditions
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports difficult driving conditions across much of the southern two-thirds of the state, with no travel advised in the Willmar area of...
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Dayton, New MnDOT Head Differ On Gas Tax Hike
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday he opposes increasing the state’s gas tax “at this time,” putting him at odds with the man he appointed to lead Minnesota’s Department of...
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Drivers, Street Crews Dealing With Weekend Wintry Mix
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says the rain that fell early Saturday might have washed away the chemicals used to pre-treat Minnesota roads against ice. In response,...
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Good Question: How Does MnDOT Decide What Toll To Charge?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The signs are often changing: Is it worth 75 cents to jump in the carpool lane? Would you pay $3? $4? With 23,000 active MnPASS accounts, about 10,000 people each day pay to get...
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3 Roadways Re-Open In Western MN; But Travel Still Not Advised
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said three roadways re-opened at 5 p.m. Monday after being closed due to a late winter storm. The State Patrol and the Department of Transportation (MnDOT) said high...
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WisDOT: May Traffic Deaths Lowest In 68 Years
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The fewest people died in Wisconsin traffic deaths in the month of May since the end of World War II, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Thirty-three people...
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Traffic Restrictions Slated For Monday Night On I-694 In Brooklyn Center
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Traffic restrictions are slated to begin Monday night on westbound Interstate-694 between East River Road and Highway 100 in Brooklyn Center, the Department of Transportation says....
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Long, Slow Summer Commutes Setting In For I-694 Drivers
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (WCCO) – Several times a day, cab driver Bashir Abdi takes a fare over Interstate 694 between New Brighton and Brooklyn Center. But his days are about to get much longer, and his...
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Stillwater Lift Bridge To Close Wednesday For Repairs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Drivers beware: the Stillwater Lift Bridge is slated to close for a few hours Wednesday at noon. The Department of Transportation say the closure is necessary for crews to repair a...
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Stillwater Life Bridge Now Open To Car, Boat Traffic
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Stillwater Lift Bridge has opened to both car and boat traffic sooner than expected, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The bridge resumed its normal lift...
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Officials: Road Buckles On I-35E In St. Paul, Causing Delays
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – State transportation officials encouraged drivers to avoid using northbound Interstate 35E in St. Paul Tuesday evening as the pavement had buckled, creating a hazard on the...
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Video: Mudslide Nearly Catches Driver Near Belle Plaine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A motorist nearly fell into a gaping hole Thursday on a southern Minnesota road after the ground beneath it gave way. The incident was caught on dash camera, and uploaded Friday to...
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Patrol: No One Injured In Fiery Crash On I-35
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two semis and a car were involved in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 35 south of the metro, officials say, and no one was injured. The crash happened on northbound...
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Highway 41 Bridge In Chaska Reopened
The flooding has slowed across the state and roads are beginning to reopen. The Highway 41 Bridge over the Minnesota River in Chaska, Minn. reopened Saturday. The state Department of Transportation...
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Minnesota Wraps Up 2014 Road Construction Season
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has wrapped up its 2014 road construction season. The state Department of Transportation says major bridge construction, highway lane additions and road resurfacing...
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Wisconsin Would Join Electric Car Tax Trend
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin would join five other states that impose special fees on electric and hybrid vehicles if the proposed $50 annual charge put forward by the Department of Transportation...
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As Snow Falls, Cars Spin Out And Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - As the snow fell Friday evening, cars slipped and skidded. Between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday night there were more than 90 crashes statewide in Minnesota, according to the state...
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Big Gap In Road-Fixing Plans Means Bigger Fight At Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A wide gulf between how Republicans, Democrats and business groups want to tackle the state’s multibillion-dollar backlog of road and bridge repairs all but guarantees that...
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Guy On A Bike: MnDOT State Bicycle Plan
Once again, the state of Minnesota is seeking your input as it continues to develop its Statewide Bicycle Plan. According to a Department of Transportation press release, “the plan will identify a...
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Dayton Asks For $10M To Replace Aging Aircraft
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Gov. Mark Dayton said he wants to replace two aging aircraft that serve as Minnesota’s official state planes. The Democratic governor is asking the legislature for $10 million to...
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Fuel-Hauling Trains Could Derail At 10 A Year
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in...
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Section Of 5th Street Closes As Mpls. Reconfigures Downtown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials in Minneapolis say a section of 5th Street by the new Vikings stadium construction site is slated to close Monday as part of a construction project to reconfigure how...
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Up With Umlauts: Lindstrom, Minnesota, To Get Its Dots Back
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is playing punctuation police when it comes to the state’s road signs — umlauts included. The governor issued an executive order Wednesday to restore...
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Gov. Scott Walker Signs 70 MPH Speed Limit Bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that allows state transportation officials to raise the speed limit to 70 mph on some Wisconsin roads Walker signed the measure Wednesday. It...
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70 Mph Speed Limit Signs Going Up In Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New 70 mph speed limit signs are being posted this week on interstates and highways in Wisconsin this week. The state Department of Transportation said Monday that crews will start...
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Wisconsin License Plate Art From Minnesota Photographer
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s new endangered species license plate features art from a Minnesota photographer. State natural resources and transportation officials unveiled the license plate...
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Good Question: Where Does Money From Government Fines Go?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Japanese air bag maker will have to pay at least $70 million dollars in fines to the U.S. government over the next five years. Takata Corporation copped to mishandling a defect...
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MnPASS Express Lanes Open Monday On I-35E In St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The days of traveling in the Interstate 35-E MnPASS lanes for free come to an end Monday. Starting Monday morning, drivers traveling alone in the express lanes between St. Paul and...
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25 Car Crash In Wisconsin Leaves 6 Injured
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Six people were injured when 25 vehicles crashed in nine separate accidents on a Milwaukee area highway. Police say sun glare off wet pavement and a slowdown in traffic may...
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Dayton Orders Flags At Half-Staff, I-35W Bridge To Stay Lit
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — The Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis is lit in rainbow colors to commemorate the victims of the deadly shooting at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Minnesota...
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Dept. Of Transportation Considering Allowing Calls During Flights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The government is proposing that airlines let passengers make phone calls during flights using Wi-Fi. Some flight attendants and others in the aviation industry say the calls could...
View ArticleGM Releases Video To Demonstrate Safety of Recalled Cars
DETROIT — (WWJ) One day after the Department of Transportation refused to order General Motors to pull recalled vehicles off the road, the company has released a video showing some of the tests they’ve...
View Article5th Street Bridge Torn Down, Making Way For ADA-Compliant Bridge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The busiest pedestrian bridge in the state of Minnesota is being torn down this weekend. The old 5th Street Bridge over I-35W is now just a memory. Because of the demolition, the...
View ArticleTransportation Department Grants MN $22M To Improve Airport Infrastructure
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will grant $22.2 million dollars to 18 airports in Minnesota in an effort to improve their infrastructure. Many of the grants...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Smith Announce Over $19M In Funding For Regional Airports
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded over $19 million in grants for infrastructure improvements at regional airports, U.S. Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith announced...
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