Transportation & Logistics

High-speed rail lines are being constructed from Chicago to Detroit, St. Louis and the Quad-Cities.

America's high-speed rail program is experiencing the best of times. Congress has appropriated more than $10 billion for the effort in the past three years. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia are advancing numerous projects. And about 62 percent of Americans say they would use high-speed rail service between U.S. metro areas, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of A&A Express, a provider of truckload services based in Brandon, S.D., for approximately $24.0 million, plus an earn-out capped at $2.5 million.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced today it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of A&A Express, a provider of truckload services based in Brandon, S.D., for approximately $24.0 million, plus an earn-out capped at $2.5 million.

Talgo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin, alleging the state violated the commitments in a contract and has not paid for two high-speed trains that are sitting idle in the company's Milwaukee plant.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Central Cal Transportation, a Fresno, Calif.-based provider of intermodal transportation and related services.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Central Cal Transportation, a Fresno, Calif.-based provider of intermodal transportation and related services.

U.S. automobile sales rose in October, despite the sales lost to Hurricane Sandy over the past week.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., a Cudahy-based asset-light transportation and logistics service provider, reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $9.9 million, or 31 cents per share, up from $7.2 million, or 23 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.