Drive-Thrus Are Booming. Why Are Cities Banning Them?
Despite increasing demand, cities across the U.S. are pushing bans on new drive-thru restaurants in the name of reducing traffic and promoting walkability.
Light Rail
Atlanta Plans To Blow $230 Million on 2-Mile Extension of Useless Streetcar
That's more than $21,000 per foot. And the tab doesn't include operating costs, which taxpayers will also heavily subsidize.
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.
St. Louis Thought Hiring a Comedian Would Boost Trolley Ridership?!
It didn't, and now the Loop Trolley needs a $700,000 bailout to stay afloat.
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.
Oops! Construction of Overbudget, Overdue Light Rail Project Accidentally Destroys Historical Site
Is this the world's sloppiest light rail project?
California's High-Speed Rail Disaster Is a 'Shot Across the Bow for the Green New Deal'
"The real battle in the Democratic Party is between reality and fantasy," says Chapman University's Joel Kotkin.
Australian State Government Accuses Light Rail Contractor of Incompetence, Then Gives it Another Multi-Million-Dollar Contract
Sydney's light rail extension is a year behind schedule and almost $500 million over budget.
In 2012 Analysts Warned Australian Light Rail Line Would Be a Huge Boondoggle. The Government Buried the Report. Now Taxpayers Are Paying the Price.
Sydney's new light rail line is over budget, overdue, and the target of multiple lawsuits.
D.C.'s Metro Has Warned Riders Against Taking the Metro. I Did it Anyway.
Washington D.C.'s rail transit system is increasingly irrelevant to the city it's supposed to serve.
Miami Politicians Do Their Level Best to Spend as Much as Humanly Possible on Transit
Politicians reject a plan to expand bus service on a bus-only road, demanding instead that a light rail line be built alongside it.
Critics of Corporate Campaign Cash Silent When Donors to Light Rail Initiatives Ink Light Rail Contracts
Complaints about corporate influence in elections are almost never actually about the corporate influence.
Phoenix's Government Might Shut Down Over High Stakes Light Rail Fight
Local business owners say a new light rail line will kill their livelihood.
New York Times Goes Off the Rails With Claims About Secret Koch Plot to Kill Public Transit
A failed ballot initiative in Nashville had much more to do with hum-drum local factors than shadowy billionaire-backed conspiracies.
Sacramento Wants to Boost Rail Ridership By Banning Drive-Throughs and Gas Stations Near Transit
The logic of the policy is perplexing.
Australians Want Light Rail Contractor to Quit Climate Crusade, Get Back to Building Overbudget, Overdue Light Rail Line
The Spanish firm Acciona greenwashes a troubled light rail extension.
Fire, Earth, and Water Visit Apocalyptic Delays on Nation's Rail Lines
Are the endtimes nigh for public transit?
Built for Tourists, the $98 Million Atlanta Streetcar Will Be Closed in Advance of Monday's College Football Championship
The worst streetcar in America earns its title once more.
Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project
In the waning days of 2017, the Trump administration pulled its support for the $13 billion Hudson Tunnel project.
Will More Federal Spending Fix D.C.'s Metro System?
Rep. Barbara Comstock Metro reform bill offers good ideas but comes at a hefty price.
Seattle's Light Rail Extension Sees $500 Million in Cost Overruns
Never trust the sticker price on billion dollar rail projects.
Seattle Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record; Still Shy of 2010 Projections
Sound Transit is using the numbers to sell voters on $54 billion in new light rail spending.
Atlanta Plans To Blow More Money On Failed Streetcar Line
City leaders also want to build "glorified sidewalk" that will cost $4.8 billion.
Portland's Light Rail System Can't Take the Heat
High temperatures disrupt service, exposing problems with the system's design.
Washington, D.C. Streetcar Nightmare: Then and Now
D.C. residents breathed a sigh of relief when streetcars disappeared in 1962. Now they're back.
Southern Californians Prefer Driving, Not Trains—News at Eleven
Mass transit use steadily dropping in greater Los Angeles area.
Washington, D.C.'s Streetcar Is Delayed Again After an Engineering Report Raises Safety Concerns
Another chapter in the saga of this 2.4-mile rail boondoggle in the nation's capital.
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.
Is Detroit's New Light Rail Line America's Greatest Boondoggle?
A $137 million three-mile train is coming to a nearly deserted avenue in a bankrupt city.
Nobody Was in Control of Train Responsible for Chicago Crash
Surveillance video shows nobody operating out-of-service passenger train
New Light Rail Ridership Falls Short by More Than Half
L.A. Expo Line running almost empty with "brief" 30-minute delays.
