RIP Herb Kelleher, the Man Who Democratized Air Travel
The swashbuckling Southwest Airlines honcho is dead at 87.
The swashbuckling Southwest Airlines honcho is dead at 87.
Styrofoam bans, cigarette restrictions, and Uber taxes are just some of the regulations New Yorkers will have to contend with in 2019.
Santa Claus is coming to town with all his liquids in a single quart-sized baggie.
The nation's most transit-dependent city has one of its worst performing transit systems.
Air marshals might still treat you like a terrorist. But they'll stop documenting your every move.
Legalized pot is great. Taxing it to pay for public transit is not.
What happens when prices are increased by fiat? They go up, usually, and in this case they may increase traffic congestion, too.
The idea of decriminalizing fare evasion pits civil liberties advocates against the needs of a (partially) user-funded transit system.
The future we've fantasized about really is coming, and soon.
Neighborhood groups had sued to stop Musk's Boring Company from digging a tunnel underneath wealthy neighborhoods in West Los Angeles.
Sydney's light rail extension is a year behind schedule and almost $500 million over budget.
A soldier died in Afghanistan over the Thanksgiving holiday. Why are we still there?
The TSA's policy is to report any weed they find to local law enforcement. But they'll have to notice it first.
Portland and D.C.'s treatment of electric scooters undermines the cities' own goals.
If only the lessons of Vietnam, or even of Iraq, would actually stick.
Gavin Newsom wants to build only the top half.
Californians pay some of the highest gas taxes for some of the worst-maintained roads in the country.
Ridesharing poses no particular dangers for minors.
The city decided her van was an abandoned vehicle, even though it clearly wasn't.
What could possibly go wrong?
The class action suit demands Bird and Lime cease operations in the state of California.
The shuttle traveled eight miles per hour down a three-block route one day a week.
The state can no longer suspend poor people's driver's licenses over unpaid traffic tickets, Judge Aleta Trauger ruled.
Metro General Manager says younger riders want an "experience" akin to Whole Foods.
The agency and the anti-repeal coalition discussed events, social media posts, and congressional Republicans in vulnerable races.
Scooter giant Lime claims the city's permitting process was biased and arbitrary.
But wait, it's even worse than that.
The limo company and driver in the deadly New York crash were already flouting the state's strict rules.
Opponents of reducing California's gasoline tax are talking out of both sides of their mouths.
Plus: Kavanaugh vote slated for Friday, Houston bans sex with dolls, and Supreme Court considers trucker pay.
In New Zealand, customs officials can now demand that travelers unlock their electronic devices.
The 2017 American Community Survey finds the number of people biking to work is falling nationwide.
It makes no sense. Then again, neither does prohibition.
Congress gives a nod to new technologies in renewing the aviation safety agency's legal authority, while punting on real reforms.
The transit center will remain closed through the end of next week.
A ballot initiative planned for 2020 would let voters kill the overbudgeted, underfunded, behind-schedule monstrosity.
Plus: why Gary Johnson will be good for the Senate, "toxic culture" at the TSA, the dismissal of an anti-FOSTA lawsuit, and a new economic freedom index.
What are necessary public safety protections in calm weather become life-threatening red tape when disaster strikes.
Sydney's new light rail line is over budget, overdue, and the target of multiple lawsuits.
Cities limit electric scooters with needless regulations.
The trays are germier than the airport toilets.
No curtain calls for any security theater performances.
But the rest of the country is embracing the latest transportation craze.
All for me and none for thee.
More details emerge on TSA's secret, suspicionless surveillance of certain American travelers.
Other subway systems have managed to maintain or even gain riders since Uber and Lyft launched. Why is the D.C. Metro losing them?