Will President-Elect Joe Biden Make All of America Pay for California's Bullet Train?
A struggling, costly boondoggle sees a much friendlier administration taking charge.
Department of Transportation
Coronavirus Closures Make It Hard for Truckers To Get a Meal, Yet Some States Still Refuse To Let Food Trucks Operate at Rest Stops
The federal government has given states permission to open up highway rest stops to food truck service. Many are deciding to keep their protectionist bans in place.
The Federal Government Is Spending $60 Billion To Keep Mostly Empty Commercial Planes Flying Over the U.S.
Pending minimum service rules would require airlines to keep operating a certain number of flights, regardless of how little demand there is for air travel.
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.
Let Daylight Saving Time Die Already
Several states have broken free of the government requirement, with more on the way.
D.C. Struggles to Get Replacement Parts for Its Disastrous Streetcar
City officials have suggested replacing current vehicles might be necessary.
Trump Donates $100,000 to the Department of Transportation. How Much Infrastructure Will That Buy?
The president's gift underscores how little consumers of road and rail pay for the infrastructure they use.
Trump's Transit Cuts: A Good Idea That Probably Won't Get Anywhere
Members of both parties will fight tooth and nail to preserve their transportation pork.
Self-Driving Cars Will Make Most Auto Safety Regulations Unnecessary
Simplifying the rules could save lives on the highway.
Deploy the Taco Copters! Trump Administration Looks to Loosen Drone Regulations
The Department of Transportation will experiment with expanding what commercial uses are allowed.
Regular Cars Didn't Need Federal Regulation; Neither Do Driverless Vehicles
New federal legislation is more likely to hinder rather than help the development of autonomous vehicles.
Trump's Transportation Boondoggles
Donald Trump's budget calls for cuts to transportation spending, yet his administration keeps giving the green light to dubious projects.
The Deregulator?
Wary libertarian enthusiasm greets Donald Trump's ambitious regulatory reform agenda
Congress's Budget Bill Spends Billions on Useless Light Rail
Trump's abandoned "skinny budget" would have cut wasteful rail spending.
The United Airlines Incident Does Not Require New Laws, Despite What Chris Christie Says. It Could Have Been Resolved by Intelligent Use of Markets.
The beaten-up Dao does not seem to have violated any contractual term that would give United the right to have him violently removed.
Feds Want to Support Automated Cars. Oh, Also: They Want Much More Regulatory Authority.
Innovation is an opportunity for some to expand government power.
Government Roadblock: Feds Should Just Get Out of the Way of Self-Driving Vehicles
"All government needs to do for the next transportation revolution [is to] get out of the road."
Task Force Will Hammer Out Who Will Have to Report Their Drones to the Government
Can we start with the CIA?
Feds to Try to Make People Register Drones
Details on how it will actually work still pending.
Peter Pan's Revenge: Chinatown Bus Operator Fung Wah May Be Closed For Good Because the Government Won't Give it a Parking Spot
How a "big dog" bus company worked with regulators to crush a competitor.
Your Next Car Will Be Driverless
OK, but the one after that will likely be self-driving
Why Does This Detroit Man Have to Walk 21 Miles to Get Back and Forth from Work Every Day? Because the Government Runs the Buses.
A blockbuster story in the Detroit Free Press highlights the failures of government transportation policy.
The Government's Appalling Campaign Against Small Bus Companies
"They took a man's livelihood and threw it in the dirt."
Transportation Department Mulls Airplane Cellphone Ban as FCC Prepares to Lift Its Own
Mulling one step forward, mulling one step back
Why the Government Was Wrong to Shutdown Fung Wah Bus Company
The iconic Chinatown bus service was destroyed by regulatory incompetence
DOT Bounces California-Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Plan Out of Casino Bank
Federal loan for high-stakes gamble on train tourism will not be considered
Charlotte Mayor Expected To Be Nominated as Transport Secretary
Mayor Anthony Foxx had said he would step down at the end of the year to spend more time with his family
Feds To Push Highway Rules Through Without Public Comment
Listening to the peasants is so annoying
Chicago Gets $100 Million Federal Loan for Riverfront Development
Six-block project for urban recreational activities
White House Warns Sequester Will Affect Airports
They'll probably make sure of it, in fact, in order to scare citizens
NTSB: Lithium Ion Batteries for Airplanes "Not Necessarily" Unsafe
Recommends more regulations
Ray LaHood to Step Down as Transportation Secretary
LA's mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, may be his replacement
Watch: LaHood Smacked Down over Calif. High-Speed Train Funding (and Lack Thereof)
Where's the private support?
Obama Finalizes Auto Mileage Mandate
Vehicles will have to eventually meet a standard of 54.5 miles per gallon.
Obama Releases $470 Million for Highway Work
That's enough for, like, 100 yards of high-speed rail!
