trains
Why Are Puppets Everywhere Right Now?
Elmo's viral tweets were just the tip of the iceberg. The puppets are having a renaissance.
The Great American Train Wreck Isn’t Going Away
The freight system in the United States is prone to disaster. This is why.
America’s Most Exciting High Speed Rail Project Gets $3 Billion Grant From Feds
The Southern California-to-Las Vegas route makes total sense and involves no wishful thinking in order to be a resounding success.
I Spent Years Train-Hopping ‘The Beast,’ Mexico’s Infamous Migrant Train
Dodging cartels and cops in the train robbery capital of the world.
A Computer Model Is Causing Years of Delays for Amtrak's New High-Speed Trains, Scathing Audit Finds
The flagship Acela fleet may have to cut service because Amtrak is running out of spare parts and using unsupported software on critical components while the new fleet is nowhere close to entering service.
New York Train Tunnels Get Partial $7 Billion Funding From Feds, Enough For the Whole Project in A Sane Country
What could a couple of train tunnels cost, Michael?
Study Finds High-Speed Rail Increases Happiness
The study found Chinese people were two percent happier on average living near high-speed rail, but I’d be one million percent happier if we just had one in the United States.
CYBER: This Is Why America's Trains Keep Crashing
A series of train disasters in the U.S. reflect a broken system.
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.
Boston's Subway Was Running at Half Speed Because It Lost Paperwork
Perhaps they forgot to use the proper cover sheet for the TPS report.
New York City Completes Construction on Latest American Transit Disaster
East Side Access is 60 years in the making, 14 years late, $7.5 billion over budget, and a curse on the agency that built it.
Here’s How the US Can Stop Wasting Billions of Dollars on Each Transit Project
The U.S. is the most expensive country in the world in which to build mass transit. A new report by an NYU research group explains how that can change.