FAA Decides Against Airline Seat Size Regulation
The agency decided that airline seat sizes don't have a discernible effect on passenger safety.
Transportation Policy
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.
Saudi Woman Rapper Drops the Mic on Driving Ban Repeal
Leesa buckles her seatbelt across her abaya to celebrate the end of the female driving ban.
Nashville Government Employees Tasked With Impounding Dockless E-Scooters Caught Riding Them Instead
The city's scooter cops can't help but ride the very scooters they're supposed to be saving the city from.
Chicago Has Raked in $114 Million in Vehicle Impound Fines Since 2012
Drug violations generated more than $36 million of that.
D.C. Boosts Taxes on Uber, Lyft by 500 Percent to Pay for Busted Metro System
The District is trying desperately to shore up funding for its increasingly unpopular rail system.
European High-Speed Rail Also a Huge Boondoggle
A new report finds high costs, and low speeds on Europe's high-speed rail lines.
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.
No, the Sharing Economy Isn't Dead
How to understand new data on independent contracting.
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.
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.
You Might Have a 'Uniquely Compelling' Reason to Find Out Whether Your Government Has Placed You on a Kill List
Bilal Abdul Kareem has been nearly droned in Syria five times already. A federal judge agrees his lawsuit over the matter can proceed.
You'll Soon Be Able to Manufacture Anything You Want and Governments Will Be Powerless to Stop It
From DIY guns to designer drugs, classic-car parts, and human livers, 3D printing promises a dynamic and uncontrollable world.
More Money, More Problems—Bridge Problems—with California's Embattled Bullet Train
The state quietly ordered a bridge under construction to be rebuilt due to "signs of distress."
London's Bicyclists Have a Diversity Problem, City Officials Say
The attempt to boost minority cycling rates is more about paternalistic nitpicking than social justice.
Don't Let Protectionists Ruin Air Travel
Competition is the best way for consumers to get better and cheaper flights.
If You Can Afford a Plane Ticket, Thank Deregulation
Forty years after the Civil Aeronautics Board was abolished, look how far we've come.
San Francisco Demands E-Scooters Be Removed from City Streets
Bay City bureaucrats are uncomfortable with permissionless innovation.
UPDATED: Here's Why $19 Billion $43 BILLION Won't Fix New York's Subway—or Your Local Transit System
Until riders pay most of the cost of public transit and operators are directly answerable to their customers, nothing will get better.
The 'Taxi King' Cooperating in the Michael Cohen Case Pleaded for a Government Bailout
"We want big poppa paying attention to us," Gene Freidman once told Reason. "I want the government...protecting me."
L.A. Times Investigation Tells Sad Story of Attempts to Electrify the City's Bus Fleet
The paper found city officials have spent $330 million and don't have much to show for it.
D.C. Councilman Says New Taxes on Uber, Booze Are 'Very Exciting'
Those taxes will fund the D.C. subway system, and that councilman just so happens to be chairman of the system's board of directors.
How to Fix New York's Totally F*cked Subway System
End the subsidies and raise the fare.
Sacramento Wants to Boost Rail Ridership By Banning Drive-Throughs and Gas Stations Near Transit
The logic of the policy is perplexing.
New York Times Editorial Board Thinks Uber Is Too Popular, Demands Price Floors
America's paper of record demands an end to transit innovation.
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.
Chicago Mayor Pushes for Police Drone Surveillance of Public Gatherings
Rahm Emanuel wants to do the thing that critics of drone surveillance fear most.
The Days of Paying More to Live Near the Metro Are Coming to an End
Fewer people are willing to pay a premium to live near a subway stop as public transportation stumbles and ride-sharing offers better options.
The Trump Administration Is Not Bothering to Estimate Civilian Drone Deaths
Obama's shamefully weak stab at transparency has been abandoned.
Feds Fine a Woman $500 for Saving a Free Airline Snack
The apple was wrapped in a plastic bag with Delta's logo on it. Customs still fined her $500.
Yikes! New Seattle Bike Lanes Were Supposed to Cost $860k per Mile. Some Are Costing $13 Million Instead.
Yet another Seattle transit project goes off the rails.
California Gov. Jerry Brown Called Gas Tax Opponents 'Freeloaders.' Now He's Spending Billions of Their Money to Fund Transit They Don't Use.
$2.4 billion of new gas tax revenue will go to light rail and electric bus networks.
1,700 Concrete Panels on D.C.'s Overdue Silver Line Metro Extension Are Defective
Project managers say resealing and replacing the panels will not delay the project further.
Beset By Homelessness, Rising Rents, Nightmarish Traffic, San Francisco Cracks Down on Dockless Scooters
Bay City residents, politicians should be more chill about electric scooters.
Oops! Amtrak Trains Don't Fit in Miami's $2 Billion Train Station
The Miami Intermodal Center opened five years ago, but is still unable to service Amtrak trains.
Public Transit Becomes Another Tool for Total Government Surveillance
City's new bus system comes with 24-7 camera feeds.
Posing As a Metro Rider on Twitter, D.C. Transit Union Attacks Critics As Paid Plants
The union's sock-puppet account was discovered yesterday and has since been deleted.
Fire, Earth, and Water Visit Apocalyptic Delays on Nation's Rail Lines
Are the endtimes nigh for public transit?
Clear the Runway: The Fight Over 'Uber for Planes' Is Coming to Congress
The FAA banned flight-sharing apps, but Sen. Mike Lee has introduced a bill to overturn that decision.
Plagued by Nightmarish Traffic, Seattle Politicians Warm to Congestion Pricing
Many libertarians like the idea of charging drivers tolls to smooth out traffic flows, but much depends on how the idea is implemented.
Cops Will Use Drones to Monitor Traffic at Coachella
"We want people to come here and have a good time and to feel safe."
Driverless Trucks Will Be Great for Consumers, Safety, and Truck Drivers
Don't buy the doom and gloom over autonomous big rigs.
