Rail
Basics
City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.
September 10, 2019
Late Night Workers Could Save Big With 24-Hour Transit
Limited options force the most vulnerable employees to rely on cars, pushing up their transportation costs, a study finds.
September 10, 2019
Phoenix Voters Save Light Rail
Take that, Koch brothers: Voters in Phoenix have soundly rejected a proposal that would have halted the expansion of the city's light rail system.
August 28, 2019
Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis
Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.
August 19, 2019
Amtrak Hopes to Link Chicago and Detroit to Toronto
Passenger service hasn't chugged between Detroit and Toronto since at least 1971; the last direct train to pass through the route did so in 1967, according to Amtrak.
August 13, 2019
Maryland Is In A Huge Transit Hole
Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.
July 23, 2019
President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M
Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
July 17, 2019
Death Spiral: Riders Fleeing LA Buses
Los Angeles's buses are losing so many riders you'd think they were filming a remake of "Speed."
July 5, 2019
Rail Reversal: Miami Looking to China For Transit Help
The Chinese government is pitching Miami on a new rail line as public investment in Florida transit stalls.
June 25, 2019
