Biden Is Poised To Make Freight Trains Less Safe. You Can Thank Special Interests.
Once again, Washington is giving us every reason to believe it's selling favors to cronies even if it means everyone else loses.
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The D.C. Metro Is Still a Mess, But a 'Carpocalypse' Has Yet To Materialize
Why hasn't a collapse in rail transit service produced nightmarish levels of traffic congestion? Thank working from home and flexible work schedules.
How Many Union Members Does It Take To Operate a Train?
Labor unions have been lobbying federal regulators to mandate that all freight trains operate with two-person crews in the cab. But automation renders this largely pointless.
Senate Republicans and Democrats Agree To Double Amtrak's Funding
A bill approved by the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation would give the money-losing rail company $19 billion over 5 years.
Feds Restore $929 Million in Funds for California's Billion-Dollar Bullet Train Boondoggle
A grant revoked under President Donald Trump will be returned.
Joe Biden Says Trains Will Soon Be Almost as Fast as Planes. That's Ridiculous.
Advocates of high-speed rail have been overpromising and underdelivering for decades, but Biden just raised the bar.
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
High-Speed Rail Advocates Should Pay Attention to California's Costly Disaster
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says we should be "dreaming big." But the Golden State's vaunted high-speed rail project is turning out to be a train to nowhere.
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.
Even the Coronavirus Might Not Be Able to Kill California's Bullet Train Boondoggle
As the state deals with budget cuts and deficits, some boosters still fight to keep construction going.
Biden Says High-Speed Rail Will Get Millions of Cars Off the Road. That's Malarkey.
This is what happens when you think all of America looks like the Acela corridor.
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.
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.
California Sues to Protect Its Federal Bullet Train Pork
The Trump Administration has cut off funding for the budget-busting boondoggle.
Federal Funding for California Bullet Train Boondoggle Formally Canceled
State leaders cannot seem to let a bad project die.
Oops! Construction of Overbudget, Overdue Light Rail Project Accidentally Destroys Historical Site
Is this the world's sloppiest light rail project?
California's High-Speed Rail Disaster Is a 'Shot Across the Bow for the Green New Deal'
"The real battle in the Democratic Party is between reality and fantasy," says Chapman University's Joel Kotkin.
Feds Cut Off Funding for California Bullet Train, Threaten Potential Clawback of $2.5 Billion
Without a realistic avenue to complete the project, why would they keep helping pay?
Trump Mocks California Bullet Train Boondoggle in Slamming 16 States' National Emergency Suit
Trump has exhibited a "flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles engrained in the United States Constitution," the suit reads.
California's Bullet Train Project Doesn't Deserve Your Moist-Eyed Love Letters
A corrupt boondoggle that broke the bank for subsidized middle-class trips would not have been the flagship for a greener America.
Gov. Newsom Pulls the Plug on California's Costly Bullet Train Boondoggle
Celebrate, don't mourn, the end of what's always been a bad plan.
Rail Transit Is a Dead End, but Social Planners Keep Pushing for More
Government planners do not understand markets, so they promote overly pricey projects that fail to meet our real-world transportation needs.
Kamala Harris Helped Secure Federal Funding for California's Disastrous High Speed Rail Project
The California senator's terrible record on policy extends to infrastructure.
Australian State Government Accuses Light Rail Contractor of Incompetence, Then Gives it Another Multi-Million-Dollar Contract
Sydney's light rail extension is a year behind schedule and almost $500 million over budget.
Under California's New Governor, the Proposed Bullet Train May Get Cheaper but Also Dumber
Gavin Newsom wants to build only the top half.
Can California Conservatives Kill the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle?
A ballot initiative planned for 2020 would let voters kill the overbudgeted, underfunded, behind-schedule monstrosity.
In 2012 Analysts Warned Australian Light Rail Line Would Be a Huge Boondoggle. The Government Buried the Report. Now Taxpayers Are Paying the Price.
Sydney's new light rail line is over budget, overdue, and the target of multiple lawsuits.
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 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.
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.
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.
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."
Sacramento Wants to Boost Rail Ridership By Banning Drive-Throughs and Gas Stations Near Transit
The logic of the policy is perplexing.
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.
Fire, Earth, and Water Visit Apocalyptic Delays on Nation's Rail Lines
Are the endtimes nigh for public transit?
Rose-Colored Visions of High-Speed Rail Tempt the Pacific Northwest
Politicians push for a "Cascadia line."
California's Boondoggle Bullet Train About to Break the Bank
The money pit is turning into a black hole, as critics predicted.
Built for Tourists, the $98 Million Atlanta Streetcar Will Be Closed in Advance of Monday's College Football Championship
The worst streetcar in America earns its title once more.
Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project
In the waning days of 2017, the Trump administration pulled its support for the $13 billion Hudson Tunnel project.
Would More Infrastructure Spending Have Stopped Yesterday's Derailment?
President Trump seems to think so.
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.
Proposed Baltimore-to-D.C. Maglev Train Would Cost as Much as Building 1,500 Miles of Highway
The $15 billion project would connect two cities that are only 35 miles apart. That's $420 million per mile-if it stays on-budget.