transportation
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.”
New York Is Trying to Build Something Good for Once
The Interborough Express, a proposed rail link sweeping across an underutilized freight rail line between Brooklyn and Queens, is—finally—a transportation project worth getting excited about.
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.