I am discovering that (1) the world is not set up for people who have difficulty walking or are in wheelchairs and (2) I was blind to most of these problems in the past.
In an effort to keep its public transit running during inclement winter weather, Sweden has turned back the clocks over half a century by deploying vi...
When visiting a city, it's always good to know what your transportation options are. The Huffington Post has already got you covered on the price of a...
More than six months after President Barack Obama promised delegates to the climate change talks in Copenhagen that the United States would pass sweep...
PARIS — France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead p...
Transportation is tricky. New technologies are changing the scope of road, rail, air and sea -- and intelligence is moving people from here to there m...
With almost one in ten Americans currently unemployed, local governments have a special obligation to create jobs. To that end, they also have an ob...
It will be ironic if the city that gave us the freeway is the same one that shows us the path toward a much-needed new American Plan -- one that gets us Beyond Oil.
Consensus is building that we need to break our addiction to oil at home through individual action as well as by moving forward with government reform
Students of economic history know that public goods create ties that bind citizens to each other and to the broader society. This is even more essential than the goods and services produced.
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What do I learn in 15 minutes on the number 7 bus between 50th St. and 66th St.?
Looking at the national economic statistics, you might be able to persuade yourself that the recession is over. But observing local communities - nei...
Metros are high capacity, high frequency, urban electric transport railway systems. Also known as the subway, underground, and tube, they are disting...
Nine months after leaving the adult industry, I realized I had to give up my true love. During my career as a Porn Star, I'd driven just about every car one could ever wish to drive.
Clayton County, a majority black district abutting Atlanta, is about to have is about to have its public transportation system cancelled, according to a must-read article in the LA Times.
Transportation inequity leads to the government spending 80 percent of our national transportation budget on highways and only 20 percent on transit. That means massive subsidies for destructive sprawl.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be back in Washington on Thursday to lobby for support for federal help to speed expansion of the region's...
Yesterday, as college students were walking out, teaching in and rallying at universities citywide and nationwide, thousands of local high school stud...
ATLANTA — The "yellow" train line in Atlanta is now going to be called the "gold" line after members of the local Asian community complained tha...
This morning, a downtown-bound 6 Train pulled up slowly to Grand Central Terminal. It was absolutely packed. Even the end cars suffered the crush of p...
Although there have been times that I've pined for the comfortable isolation of a locked car, I've come to believe that experiencing an LA bus ride is like peeking into the guts of the city.
The Chicago Transit Board will vote today on whether or not to lay off more employees next year. ...
Riding in a private Metra car may not be as expensive as you think. The Tribune's Richard Wronski reports that Metra's exclusive Car 553, the nation'...
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority presents an idea for helping beleaguered transit systems weather the storm: revenue through corporate naming rights for rail stations.
