"The greatest thing that ever happened to me was to be born in a free country of modest means and to have opportunities," says the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
A proposal to charge rideshare vehicles $2 to enter D.C.'s downtown during the day will probably reduce Uber and Lyft rides. But we shouldn't expect it to reduce overall traffic volumes.
"If there is freedom, private property, rule of law, then Latin Americans thrive," says the social media star.
The transit systems we're supposed to hop aboard ultimately operate as jobs programs for government workers.
A new report from Reason Foundation shows that in 2020, highway quality improved while spending stayed flat. Inflation is now wrecking that progress.
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Restrictions on baby carriers during takeoff and landing are based on a single study from 1994 that didn’t even study these types of devices.
Surveillance tech that isn't banned often becomes mandatory eventually.
From delivery fees to streaming taxes, New York can’t stomach having MTA users actually pay for the system themselves.
A bipartisan bill backed by J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown would include a two-member crew mandate that unions have long sought—and that wouldn't have prevented the Ohio disaster.
In countries that privatized, there are fewer delays and costs are lower. But labor unions and the private plane lobby stand in the way.
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The Ohio train accident was frightening enough. Spreading inaccurate information won’t help the citizens of East Palestine.
Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that read "Cops Ahead" near a police checkpoint. That arrest violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
For transit to continue to serve a valuable role in the few places where it can compete, policy makers will need to rethink how service is provided.
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An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.
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The government is refining its ability to track your movements with little discussion.
The nation's control over the air above our heads is less settled than some may think.
The president's State of the Union address re-upped a tired, old promise to spend more tax dollars on less infrastructure.
More than four months after President Joe Biden declared the pandemic to be over, the White House is fighting efforts to lift lingering and nonsensical COVID rules.
Possibly changing the way we live just as profoundly as the internet did.
The company scored 445 points on the city's checklist—one fewer point than a company that did receive a permit.
The airline will either clean up its act or go out of business. Meanwhile, the government plods along.
Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.
Shipping industry insiders floated a recommendation to charge critics of the Jones Act with treason, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Multiple factors contribute to housing shortages, but zoning constraints are mostly to blame.
Re-regulating the airline industry won’t help prevent massive service disruptions in the future.
Political criticism of Southwest's mass flight cancelations mask a cronyist relationship between government and the passenger airline industry.
Rivian, an electric truck manufacturer that hopes to compete with Tesla, received a lucrative deal to build a new factory in Georgia despite concerns about its finances.
Transit officials and transit-boosting politicians in D.C., L.A., and New York City are warming to the idea of being totally dependent on taxpayer subsidies.
The bill also gives TSA employees the power to collectively bargain, which means more pay raises are likely in the future.
Healthy cities are a boon not just for those who live in them, but for our entire society.
Putting the district's train system back on track will take more than better bureaucracy.
WMATA suspended automated train operations after the deadly 2009 Fort Totten crash. Perennial efforts to bring them back over the past decade have repeatedly fallen through.
This surveillance would be unconstitutional—and there’s no reason to believe it will make anyone safer.
State governments already want relief from the "Buy American" mandates included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
Nashville is the latest city to eliminate minimum parking requirements while simultaneously capping how much parking developers are now allowed to build.
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