House Democrats' $760 Billion Infrastructure Proposal Has Lots of Funding Proposals, Few Proposed Funding Sources
The "Moving Forward Framework" includes some sensible reforms alongside expensive, dubious policy proposals.
Public transportation
D.C.'s Cash-strapped Public Transit Agency Didn't Know It Had Hundreds of $400 Gold Pins Sitting in Storage
A recent Inspector General's report found the agency had serious problems tracking and managing its inventory.
Standing-Only Metro Escalators Are Central Planners' Dream, but Riders' Nightmare
The argument for getting rid of walking on metro station escalators demonstrates the flaws of central planning logic.
Should Public Buses Be Free to Riders?
Kansas City wants everyone except bus riders to pay for bus rides.
Dublin Wants Scooter Riders to Wear Helmets, Reflective Vests, Pass Driving Test
Strict scooter regulations are a loss for choice and mobility.
I Was in a Scooter Accident. I Still Don't Want to Ban Them.
What happened to me could have happened to a cyclist or pedestrian. Blame cars, not scooters.
St. Louis Thought Hiring a Comedian Would Boost Trolley Ridership?!
It didn't, and now the Loop Trolley needs a $700,000 bailout to stay afloat.
New Bill Would Tie Federal Transit Funding to Local Zoning Reforms
Local governments that remove development restrictions near transit would have a better chance of scoring federal transit funding grants.
Subway Planners Forgot To Include Wheelchair-Friendly Platforms in $21.7 Million Accessibility Project, Audit Finds
A damning new audit of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority finds that subway improvement projects are plagued by delays and cost overruns.
D.C. Metro Spent $500,000 Maintaining a Self-Cleaning Toilet That Hasn't Flushed Since 2017
A new report from Metro's Office of the Inspector General details the agency's waste when dealing with riders' waste.
Congress Is Worried About Chinese Plot to Use Buses, Rail Cars to Spy on Passengers
Both the House and the Senate want transit agencies to stop buying rolling stock from Chinese-owned companies.
L.A.'s Bus Riders Are Suffering. Rail Spending Is to Blame.
L.A. politicians' continued preference for rail projects is screwing over the bus riders who depend on transit the most.
D.C.'s Metro Is A Mess. Today the FBI Raided the Home of a Transit Board Member in Corruption Probe
The FBI raided the house of D.C. City Councilman and Metro board member Jack Evans as part of a federal grand jury investigation.
Unsuck DC Metro Called Out Public Transportation's Failings, So Local Media Doxed Him
"When you bow to these woke scolds, they accept it as weakness."
L.A. Officials Use Olympics as Cover to Spend $26 Billion on Transit Projects That Have Little to Do With the Games
The government suggestsnew taxes on ridesharing and electric scooters to pay for them.
New York's Public Transit Head Says the Subway Needs $40 Billion to Save it From a Death Spiral
The nation's most transit-dependent city has one of its worst performing transit systems.
New York Considers Legalizing, Taxing Weed to Save Its Ailing Subway System
Legalized pot is great. Taxing it to pay for public transit is not.
D.C. City Council To Decriminalize Fare Evasion on City Buses and Trains
The idea of decriminalizing fare evasion pits civil liberties advocates against the needs of a (partially) user-funded transit system.
D.C.'s Metro Wants to Win Back Young Riders With DVD Rentals, Photo Booths in Stations
Metro General Manager says younger riders want an "experience" akin to Whole Foods.
After Millions of Dollars Spent and Hundreds of New Lane Miles Built, Bike Ridership Is Down Across America
The 2017 American Community Survey finds the number of people biking to work is falling nationwide.
Cracked Beam Compels San Francisco Officials to Close Brand New $2.2 Billion Transit Hub
The transit center will remain closed through the end of next week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Seattle Officials Knowingly Lowballed Streetcar Costs by 50 Percent
Another transit project's costs go off the rails.
New York's Subway Boondoggles Illustrate How Governments Bungle Infrastructure
Why don't "we" build anything anymore? Because corrupt unions and politicians recognize a guaranteed payday when they see it
Will More Federal Spending Fix D.C.'s Metro System?
Rep. Barbara Comstock Metro reform bill offers good ideas but comes at a hefty price.
Los Angeles, Seattle Want to Cut Down on Traffic by Cracking Down on Internal Combustion Engines
That is the definition of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Cities Try to Avert 'Transit Apocalypse' With Taxes on Uber, Lyft
Transportation innovation is seeing more people flee outdated public transit.
The Politician Behind California High Speed Rail Now Says It's 'Almost a Crime'
Quentin Kopp convinced voters to approve the project. Now he's suing to kill it.
Seattle's Sound Transit Pays $100,000 for a Parking Space
The cost overruns do not reflect well on the agency's ability to complete a $54 billion project on time and on budget.
