Transportation Policy
London Protects Its Citizens From Onslaught of Beautiful People
Saving young folks from hurt feelings warrants wide-scale censorship efforts in London.
Uber Unveils New Features To Improve Driver Experience
The goal of the changes is to give drivers more control.
Democrats Are Uber Hypocrites
Study: Dem candidates spend more on ride-sharing than their GOP counterparts
What Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrong About Uber
Democrats can fight the sharing economy-but they'll lose voters if they do.
Airport Lines and the TSA: Your Government Is Failing You
We're not any safer, just more miserable.
Will the Metro to the Beach Ease L.A.'s Traffic Woes? Probably Not.
Mayor Garcetti's hopeless effort to rewrite history.
Uber and Lyft Defeated by Voters in Austin, Texas
City desire to fingerprint all drivers will drive the e-hailing companies out of the city.
Mass Transit Use Is Declining As Millennials Buy More Cars
Turns out young people actually like driving.
The Most Bizarre Third-Party Fantasy of the Year So Far
Politico's founder wants a president who builds apps while raining death from the skies.
Sorry, but Uber Isn't Conspiring to Fix Ridesharing Prices
Surge pricing is a market mechanism, not an illegal pricing scheme.
Skyjackings Like the Egypt Air Takeover Tuesday Were Once Common
Between 1961 and 1972, 159 commercial flights were hijacked in the United States alone.
The Mystery of New York City's "Cop Cabs"
Neither the taxi commission nor the NYPD wants you to know much about them.
Why Is Washington D.C.'s Metro System Such a Disaster?
A toxic work environment, unaccountable staff, and managers focused on microwaves and uniforms.
How Drone Kills Happen: "Eye in the Sky" Dramatizes Techno-Moral Dilemma
Director Gavin Hood on the legal and ethical questions surrounding drone strikes.
Uber Seems to Be More Efficient Than Taxis in Time Spent Ferrying Passengers
Economists find more social benefits from ridehailing apps.
Can the Blockchain Kill Uber? Free State Project Participant Launches "Arcade City"
Can a truly peer-to-peer Ethereum-powered rideshare app beat the big guys: Uber and government?
From Regulating Uber to Subsidizing It
Not waiting for Uber to stop moving before subsidizing it.
Court Allows California's High-Speed Rail to Continue
Judge rules the $64 billion megaproject doesn't violate bond act.
Obama Administration Working on Drone War Transparency… By Offering Numbers of People Killed
Don't hold your breath on the government identifying who they're actually killing-often they don't know
Mass Transit Meets Mass Surveillance
Maryland legislators want to limit the use of listening devices on public buses.
TSA Says These Shoes Are Made for Blocking
A traveler is forced to abandon "gun-themed" footwear and bracelets.
Ground Drones Will Beat Air Drones
Betting on Starship Technologies' ground game against Amazon.com's aerial enterprise.
Washington, D.C.'s New Streetcar is Finally—Allegedly—Set to Open
A project that "was ill-planned, ill-thought-out, ill-engineered, ill-everything."
Surprise! California's High Speed Rail Breaks Major Promise in New Plan
New route ditches Los Angeles for the Bay Area and potentially violates state law.
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.
How to Convert the FAA's Air Traffic Control Into a Non-Profit
The Reason Foundation's director of transportation policy testified before Congress.
When Safety Measures Make Us Unsafe
How everything from seatbelts to bank deposit insurance can backfire
Congressman's Vaping Demo Fails to Deter New Airplane Ban
Duncan Hunter tries to show that vaping is quite different from smoking.
[UPDATED] If You Registered Your Drone with the FAA, Kiss Your Privacy Goodbye
Whoops! The mandatory unmanned aerial vehicle database is public and searchable.
Lyft, Uber Drivers Shouldn't Be Treated Like Employees
Ride-sharing companies simply don't control drivers like bosses control workers.
ACLU Documents Racially Skewed Enforcement of Seat Belt Laws
An overlooked alternative: no enforcement
Southern Californians Prefer Driving, Not Trains—News at Eleven
Mass transit use steadily dropping in greater Los Angeles area.
Las Vegas, Los Angeles Offer Reminders Why Passengers Are Fleeing Taxis for Uber, Lyft
Screwed over in fees, when not being turned away due to racism.
Big-City Mayors Think They Can Mandate Their Way to Affordable Housing
60% of mayors in expensive cities favor requiring developers "to include more affordable housing in new projects even if doing so deters some new development."
London Chefs Trade Curry for Cabs, San Francisco Drivers Go Bankrupt, a Medallion Owner Sues, and More Tales From the Global Uber Wars
The great taxi industry upheaval.
Another Asian Air Traveler Detained Over Suspicions She's Being Sex Trafficked
"Flight Attendants and airline employees will be the 'boots in the air' fighting human trafficking," say federal officials.
