transportation
Revel, After Disrupting Cities With Moped Chaos, Is Just Another Uber Clone Now
Once briefly in the spotlight for distinctive mopeds, the buzzy startup is now a taxi-and-EV-charging company.
A New Uber Clone With Armed Drivers Is the App for a Violent and Paranoid America
“What I’m creating is a necessary evil,” the app’s founder claims while operating in a city with falling crime rates.
I Grew Up Riding The Subway — But Driving Changed The Way I Thought About Independence
The untold pleasures of driving, according to one native New Yorker.
How to Keep Up With Subway Delays Now That Twitter Is Broken
The agency that runs the New York City subway will no longer post service updates to Twitter. Fortunately, there’s a better way.
Please Stop Crashing Trains So Much, Agency Responsible for Safety Regulation Asks Railroads
The Federal Railroad Administration has “significant safety concerns” related to the stuff everyone is talking about.
Flying Is Worse Than Ever After Massive Airline Bailout, Consumer Watchdog Says
Delays, bumping, cancellations, lost baggage, and random fees are up, legroom and patience is down.
24 Hours of News Shows America's Transportation Hellscape
Broken trains, trains that don't fit in tunnels, perpetual gridlock, and astronomical price tags to make anything better.
COVID Vaccine Refusers Have 72 Percent Higher Risk of a Serious Traffic Crash, Study Shows
“We theorized that individual adults who tend to resist public health recommendations might also neglect basic road safety guidelines,” the authors stated.
Thank You For Your Feedback
The community feedback process is an inconvenient annoyance that brings out the worst in people. It is also at the heart of why U.S. cities can't build new housing or transportation.
6 Years of Dirt Bike Crushing Leaves New York City Back Where It Started
The city’s mayor, Eric Adams, waved the checkered flag as a bulldozer crushed 96 seized dirt bikes and ATVs, in what is becoming an annual tradition signaling a city that is out of ideas.
Major Intergovernmental Organization Releases 10-Point Plan to Conserve Oil. The US Isn’t Doing Any of It.
The International Energy Agency, the West’s answer to OPEC, released a plan “in the face of the emerging global energy crisis.”