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Buses

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Mass Transit

Is This Atlanta Streetcar 'The Worst Transit Project of All Time'?

Transit ridership, especially rail, has collapsed post-pandemic, but the Atlanta BeltLine Coalition says now is the time to take federal dollars and build a $2.5 billion streetcar.

Zach Weissmueller and Danielle Thompson | 9.22.2022 9:22 AM

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Public transportation

Should Public Buses Be Free to Riders?

Kansas City wants everyone except bus riders to pay for bus rides.

Christian Britschgi | 12.9.2019 3:45 PM

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Public transportation

L.A.'s Bus Riders Are Suffering. Rail Spending Is to Blame.

L.A. politicians' continued preference for rail projects is screwing over the bus riders who depend on transit the most.

Christian Britschgi | 6.28.2019 3:35 PM

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Immigration

Greyhound Should Just Say No to the Border Patrol's Bus Sweeps

The company has no legal obligation to let alien hunters harass its customers unless they have a warrant or probable cause.

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2018 1:55 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Yo Momma

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2018 4:00 AM

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Surveillance

Public Transit Becomes Another Tool for Total Government Surveillance

City's new bus system comes with 24-7 camera feeds.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.23.2018 11:05 AM

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Marijuana

Is The TSA More Chill About Weed Than San Francisco?

While the rest of California embraces recreational marijuana, San Francisco is strangling the nascent industry.

Christian Britschgi | 11.22.2017 2:15 PM

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Buses

Uber, But for School Buses

Tyler Koteskey | 6.4.2017 12:00 AM

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Uber

With Ride-Sharing Technology, Cities Will Build On-Demand Bus Lines Around You

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, mass transit agencies of America.

Eric Boehm | 8.16.2016 3:55 PM

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Crime

Too Much, Magic Bus

Charles Oliver | 10.13.2015 6:00 AM

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Policy

Peter Pan's Revenge: Chinatown Bus Operator Fung Wah May Be Closed For Good Because the Government Won't Give it a Parking Spot

How a "big dog" bus company worked with regulators to crush a competitor.

Jim Epstein | 7.17.2015 11:48 AM

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Policy

Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Fast, So Why Should We Spend a Dime Rebuilding Amtrak?

Trains were cutting-edge technology. In 1825.

Jim Epstein | 5.24.2015 5:00 PM

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Policy

Why Does This Detroit Man Have to Walk 21 Miles to Get Back and Forth from Work Every Day? Because the Government Runs the Buses.

A blockbuster story in the Detroit Free Press highlights the failures of government transportation policy.

Jim Epstein | 2.11.2015 4:54 PM

Policy

Fung Wah, the Iconic Chinatown Bus Company Closed By the Feds Last Year, Is Set to Reopen

Jim Epstein | 12.16.2014 8:58 PM

Policy

Chinatown Bus Pioneer Fung Wah Strangled by Federal Bureaucracy

The company has burned through $3 million, as regulators spend a year and a half deliberating its fate.

Jim Epstein | 9.17.2014 1:28 PM

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Nanny State

Canadian City Bans Singing on Public Buses

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.9.2014 3:00 PM

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Policy

San Fran Locals Hate Tourists, Frustrated That Bus Ban Doesn't Work

Zenon Evans | 5.8.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

The Government's Appalling Campaign Against Small Bus Companies

"They took a man's livelihood and threw it in the dirt."

Jim Epstein | 3.25.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Feds to Require Seat Belts on Tour Buses

On new buses, beginning in 2016

Reason Staff | 11.20.2013 7:00 PM

Policy

If This is the Express

Charles Oliver | 11.11.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: If This is the Express

Charles Oliver | 11.11.2013 6:00 AM

Politics

The Government's Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry: Jim Epstein in The Daily Beast

Jim Epstein | 11.2.2013 1:50 PM

Policy

Detroit Bus Drivers Stage Sick-Out

Demand police protection

Reason Staff | 10.21.2013 2:50 PM

Policy

San Francisco Bus Workers Threaten Strike

While negotiations with train employees are going on

Reason Staff | 10.15.2013 7:00 PM

Policy

Boston Mayor, Union Blast Sudden School Bus Strike

Strike violated contract

Reason Staff | 10.8.2013 4:00 PM

Politics

Sean Malone's "No Vans Land"—How a Small Businessman Beat NYC's Public Transit Union

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 8.16.2013 11:50 AM

Politics

Rail to Nowhere: Honolulu, Hawaii's Train Boondoggle

Sharif Matar | 8.1.2013 12:00 PM

Politics

The Feds vs. the Chinatown Bus: The Glorious Rebirth of American Bus Travel and Why the Government May Ruin it Again

Jim Epstein | 7.16.2013 9:13 AM

Policy

Why the Government Was Wrong to Shutdown Fung Wah Bus Company

The iconic Chinatown bus service was destroyed by regulatory incompetence

Jim Epstein | 7.16.2013 9:00 AM

Culture

New Jersey Bus Driver Caught Masturbating Behind the Wheel

Apparently some find the Lincoln Tunnel to be a real turn-on

Reason Staff | 7.12.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

New York City May Abandon Hybrid Buses

May shift back to diesel due to problems with engines

Reason Staff | 7.1.2013 6:00 PM

Politics

Surveillance State: Maryland is Listening to You

Todd Krainin | 6.6.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

Government Assault on the Chinatown Bus Industry Fueled By Bogus Federal Study

An influential report by the National Transportation Safety Board used the wrong data and committed "statistical malpractice."

Jim Epstein | 5.7.2013 10:30 AM

Policy

Bus Company in Deadly SoCal Crash Had Failed Several Federal Inspections

Flunked a third of random evaluations

Reason Staff | 2.4.2013 4:20 PM

California

At least Eight Killed in California Bus Crash

Number of dead expected to rise

Reason Staff | 2.4.2013 7:24 AM

Politics

Bloomberg vs. the Bus Drivers

Public-sector union power has reached the point where even Mayor Bloomberg is concerned.

Ira Stoll | 1.14.2013 4:30 PM

Culture

Cleveland Bus Driver Punches Teen Girl in the Face

Captured on video

Reason Staff | 10.12.2012 3:50 PM

Policy

Slate: L.A. Transit So Good It's Losing 8,000 Riders a Year

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.18.2012 3:22 PM

World

36 Killed in Explosive Bus Crash in China

Double-decker sleeper bush collided with a tanker full of methanol.

Reason Staff | 8.26.2012 7:49 PM

Politics

Good News: Public Transit Is About to Collapse

Calvin Thompson | 6.15.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

House Aims to Stop Highway Robbery

An effort to fix the Highway Trust Fund makes liberals stop worrying and love Reagan.

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.14.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Why More People Should Ride Mass Transit

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.28.2012 6:59 PM

Politics

Reasons to Support City Rail Plan: 1) Let's Get Moving 2) It's Time 3) This Is a Legitimate Plan

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.6.2011 3:21 PM

Politics

L.A. Mass Transit About to Get Even Worse

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.4.2011 8:59 PM

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