Air Marshals Secretly Followed an Artsy Virginia Mom on Flights to Make Sure She Wasn't Going to Destroy America
More details emerge on TSA's secret, suspicionless surveillance of certain American travelers.
Transportation Policy
Did Ridesharing Kill the D.C. Metro? We Crunched The Numbers.
Other subway systems have managed to maintain or even gain riders since Uber and Lyft launched. Why is the D.C. Metro losing them?
L.A. Metro Starts Rolling Out TSA-Approved Scanners at Subway Stations
The new scanners will prove just as effective as TSA airport security.
New York City Votes To Cap Uber and Lyft, Regulate Drivers' Pay
The days of a free market in ride sharing are over in America's largest city.
German Airport Security Mistook Vibrator for Hand Grenade
Apparently, German airports aren't much better than American ones when it comes to identifying risks.
Yet Another Federal Court Rejects Claims that Exposing Taxis to Competition from Uber and Lyft is a Taking
This is the latest in a series of federal court decision rejecting such arguments. The right to operate a taxi business does not create a "property" right in suppressing competition.
Dallas Mayor Blames Bike-Sharing Company for Recycling Bikes After City's New Fees Killed Bike-Sharing
Those bikes could still be on the road if Dallas hadn't demanded an $800 registration fee and $21 per bike.
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 Sees 65 Percent Drop in DUIs, Thanks in Part to Ridesharing
But other cities want to crack down on the services anyway.
Secret Surveillance of Americans Traveling by Air Found Nothing, Will Continue
Air marshals have snooped on about 5,000 of us since March-and not because they suspected any of those people of specific crimes.
Will TSA Eliminate Security Checkpoints at Small Airports? If Only.
Fearmongering responses at the idea that the feds don't need to run everything
As the New York Subway Melts Down, the City Moves to Cap the Number of Ubers and Lyfts on the Streets
Making the Big Apple less mobile.
More and More of What We Do Depends on Government Permission
The granting or withholding of that approval is a powerful lever over our lives.
Milwaukee Launches Lawsuit, Threatens Fines Over Dockless E-Scooters
Residents continue riding the scooters in a stirring display of civil disobedience.
San Francisco Ballot Initiative Would Tax Ridesharing Companies, Internet Sales, and Robot Cars
City Supervisor Aaron Peskin is on a quest to tax everything good about the 21st century.
FAA Decides Against Airline Seat Size Regulation
The agency decided that airline seat sizes don't have a discernible effect on passenger safety.
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.
