Transportation & Logistics

A new report from Shorewood-based airline consultant IdeaWorksCompany shows the ancillary revenue reported by airlines grew to $22.6 billion in 2011, up 66 percent from 2009.

Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, is urging Congress to approve the federal surface transportation bill authorized by the Congressional Conference Committee.

Four train sets have been manufactured and are being readied for service at Talgo Inc. in Milwaukee. Two will be sent to Oregon, but the other two trains could be mothballed.

Frontier Airlines, which has cut back its daily service at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport to a handful of flights, is offering its Wisconsin customers a one-time opportunity to transfer their frequent flier miles to be used on Delta flights.

Cudahy-based transportation and logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired all outstanding capital stock in CTW Transport.

Cudahy-based transportation and logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired all outstanding capital stock in CTW Transport.

Minneapolis-based commercial real estate development and property management firm Ryan Companies is one of the development firms that has submitted a proposal in response to a Milwaukee County request for information (RFI) seeking development proposals for the Downtown Transit Center site on the lakefront, according to commercial real estate sources.

The number of daily flights by Frontier Airlines out of General Mitchell International Airport was recently reduced to seven. In May of 2011, the company operated 86 flights out of the Milwaukee airport.

The Milwaukee County Board's Transportation, Public Works & Transit Committee this morning approved a resolution to move forward with the proposed southbound extension of the Lake Parkway (Highway 794) to Highway 100 in Oak Creek.