transportation
Cops Allegedly Beat Up a Black Woman Over Fare Evasion. Now, She’s Suing.
“She repeatedly cried out to the three officers that she was unable to breathe. They ignored her cries,” the lawsuit alleges.
Biden's Executive Order Acknowledges Passenger Rail's Biggest Problem
Outside the northeast, Amtrak uses privately-owned freight tracks, and getting stuck behind freight trains is the biggest cause of delays.
Tearing Down Highways Won’t Fix American Cities
Tearing down urban highways has entered the mainstream, leaving longtime advocates to start focusing on what comes next.
Think You Get Too Few Bathroom Breaks? Try Being a Bullet Train Driver in Japan
A three-minute bathroom break by a Japanese bullet train driver sparked debate over the pressure to stay on time in a country renowned for punctuality.
The Success of the Electric F-150 Depends on Something Other Than the F-150
Trucks used to tow or haul lots of cargo need a better charging network.
Slow Electric Vehicle Charging Is Making Drivers Switch Back to Gas
Californians traded in their EVs for gas cars because of bad charging infrastructure, but most said they would consider an EV again in the future.
Delivery Drivers Are Using Grey Market Apps to Make Their Jobs Suck Less
In Indonesia, unofficial apps let delivery drivers filter orders and spoof their GPS location to beat the algorithms at their own game.
'User Fees' Are the Latest Dumb Infrastructure Talking Point
Politicians will do anything to avoid taxing the rich, including inventing new words for taxes.
The U.S. Is Not Ready for High Speed Rail
The U.S. already has 140,000 miles of perfectly good regular train tracks. Let’s start with what we have.
Our Marriage is Like Riding a Tandem Bike. Literally.
The tandem bike has often been dubbed as a “divorce machine” but for this record-setting couple who's cycled over 3,000 kilometres together, it's a way to never have differences.
France Climate Bill Bans Short Domestic Flights, But It's More Than a Stunt
The country's sweeping climate bill, which passed a major hurdle on Saturday, is one of the only pieces of national legislation that treats climate change like the emergency that it is.
U.S. Airports No Longer Have to Build Their Own Terrible Trains
The byzantine bureaucratic rule that made useful airport connections to mass transit difficult is finally gone. Its legacy will live on in our crappy trains.