Lee
County residents who count on public transportation will see something
new on the roads starting Tuesday. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

It
still might be a couple years away, but Lee County Port Authority
officials say they want an airline to offer non- stop flights from Fort
Myers to San Juan, Puerto Rico. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

The
Florida Department of Motor Vehicles has teamed up with Triple A to
reduce long lines at drivers’ license offices in Florida…starting with
here in Southwest Florida.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Southwest Florida International Airport has a new pair of eyes keeping it safe. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has this introduction.

In
1903 a company in London started making cars that ran on compressed
air. They didn’t last. Some of the early challenges were high cost and
lack of torque. Over the decades independent engineers toyed with the
idea but it hasn’t stuck. Two Port Charlotte men hope to change that.
In part two of his look at the future of energy efficient vehicles
WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a car that runs on – air.

The
first known electric vehicle dates back to Scottish inventor Robert
Anderson in 18-32. In 19-hundred almost one third of all cars in New
York City, Boston and Chicago were electric. That all ended when Henry
Ford built the Model-T, until now.  With American auto makers racing to
meet demand for more fuel efficient vehicles, the electric car and
other variations of non-combustible engines are gaining attention. In a
two part series WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on two groups in
southwest Florida looking to the future of automobiles.  Part one takes
us to the local VO-tech high school, where students are building an
electric truck.

The J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island is one of the most visited pieces of federally protected wilderness in the nation.  It gets so crowded, that now refuge officials are looking for new ways to control the number of people and the number of cars coming through.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

The winter storms currently slamming the northern U.S. are not putting too much of a crimp on business at Southwest Florida International Airport. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

Finding public transportation in rural areas of southwest Florida remains a challenge for many people. State officials hope to get some ideas from residents during a couple of upcoming forums. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

Auto manufactures lost their fight in Tallahassee Tuesday in their attempt to keep a state commission from adopting tough emission standards for vehicles. Trimmel Gomes reports.