Transportation

City bus Fed to mass transit: Drop dead

Stimulus funds have kept healthcare and education afloat. No such luck for America's bus and light-rail riders
By David Epstein Jun 22, 2009

  • We drive as we live

    No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals.
    By Kevin Berger August 27, 2008

  • Scoring the Beijing Olympics

    They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
    By John Krich August 25, 2008

  • Busting the electric car myth

    No, electric cars don't suck down the same amount of energy as gas guzzlers do.
    By Pablo Päster August 25, 2008

  • Burger and fries to go

    How to convert a car to run on leftover vegetable oil from your local greasy spoon.
    By Liz Galst August 13, 2008

  • My family car is an SUB and I love it

    On my new "sport utility bicycle" I can cart groceries, take my kids shopping, haul a barbecue grill and make a margarita.
    By Mark Benjamin July 24, 2008

  • Triumph of the low-carbon city dweller

    Back to the land? Pfft. If you want to conserve energy, the cosmopolitan lifestyle is the way to go. You can look it up
    By Andrew Leonard July 3, 2008

  • Wal-Mart's slow-food epiphany

    The high price of gas is encouraging the world's biggest retailer to buy locally.
    By Andrew Leonard July 1, 2008

  • Ask Pablo

    I'm planning my summer vacation. Is it more ecological to fly or drive?
    By Pablo Päster June 9, 2008

  • Where have all the bicycles gone?

    Commuter bikes are selling like hotcakes in New York City. And train ridership is up in California. Hmm, what could be the connection?
    By Andrew Leonard June 2, 2008

  • Stop your motor running

    The summer driving season just began, but if spring's example is any indicator, Americans are going to stay home. And the world says thank you.
    By Andrew Leonard May 27, 2008

  • Bangkok train keeps on rolling

    The train that shares its tracks with a street market is no fake. A reader provides history and context
    By Andrew Leonard October 18, 2007

  • When trains and markets collide

    In Bangkok, there is no such thing as the wrong side of the tracks
    By Andrew Leonard October 15, 2007

  • We paved paradise

    So why can't we find any place to park? Because parking is one of the biggest boondoggles -- and environmental disasters -- in our country.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski October 1, 2007

  • The bicycle thief

    Bike activists face an uphill climb against Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, who claims bike paths are not transportation and are stealing tax money from bridges and roads.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski September 14, 2007

  • Skinny girls to blame for train delays

    Are you buying this? We aren't, either.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory January 5, 2007

  • Walk to school, yes, but don't forget your lawyer

    Liability issues? Corporate sponsorship? The Safe Routes to School program has encouraged thousands of kids to get out of their cars and onto their feet, but what ever happened to a simple stroll?
    By Linda Baker October 13, 2004

  • Congress to bikers: Get a car

    A house subcommittee has voted to cut all funding for bike paths and other pollution-free transportation programs.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 22, 2003

  • Aerial ambulance chasing

    A lawsuit claims the Alaska Air pilots should have landed instead of trying to figure out what was wrong -- but the doomed men did the right thing.
    By Phaedra Hise February 18, 2000

  • Do airlines ever cut corners on maintenance?

    Pilots and mechanics admit privately that sometimes whether a part -- or a plane -- needs work is a matter of opinion and negotiation.
    By Phaedra Hise February 3, 2000

  • Crash course in ethics

    How accurate are airline crash investigations if the people conducting them have a financial stake in the outcome?
    By Michael Alvear December 6, 1999
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