Imagine gliding above city traffic in a sleek, autonomous pod, bypassing congested streets and reaching your destination in record time. This is the promise of Whoosh, an innovative urban transit ...

Thanks to new services such as Uber and Lyft, the nation’s transit industry is fading away, leading some people to declare an “emergency.” In fact, we should rejoice that transit, one of the least ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Next week, the thousands of people convening in Quito, Ecuador, ...

Free urban public transit has become a common political campaign slogan for mayors of some major global cities. Paris’s socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, for example, says that it remains one of her key ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic seized life in Los Angeles and other cities some 18 months ago, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) eliminated fares on its buses, parked some vehicles ...

Land use changes, particularly those related to housing near transit stations, could add thousands of new homes in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Increasing housing near transit helps to ...

Urban transit agencies are losing riders and increasingly fear a “death spiral” that will cut rail and bus services and drive away more passengers. Public transportation systems from Washington to San ...

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2016), pp. 1-20 (20 pages) In recent years, operating subsidies in the USA increased considerably in response to public concerns over ...