Systems are surviving hybrid work schedules, but personal and fleet safety issues also influence the transit options that riders use—or desert.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
Posted inTransportation
Fourth of July Flight Cancellation Hell
It’s likely to be even worse than Memorial Day weekend, when fraudulent staffing levels caused 2,800 flights to be canceled.
Posted inTransportation
Pete Buttigieg’s Day Job
The ambitious transportation secretary has the power to go after multiple abuses by the airlines and signal administration support for suffering consumers. He’s barely touched it.
Posted inHousing
City Limits
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s bold plans for affordable housing run into old-school politics, perverse regulations, and limited home rule.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Federal Highway Removal Program Raises Hopes in California
But transit advocates and local leaders in communities of color worry that new infrastructure plans could repeat the harms of the past.
Posted inTransportation
Airline Abuses and Government’s Dormant Power
The Department of Transportation needs to be more aggressive in protecting consumers from price-gouging.
Posted inTransportation
Uber Gives Up, Moves On
Taxis and the ride-hailing company end their feud; they had no other choice.
Posted inHousing
How to Solve the Housing Crisis With One Weird Trick
American cities are (finally) beginning to hear about social housing.
Posted inHousing
The Great Housing Inflation as a Long-Term Policy Failure
High prices of homes and rental apartments have very little to do with today’s general inflation, but reflect decades of perverse policies that hurt both renters and aspiring homeowners.
Posted inTransportation
If Only There Were an Infrastructure Bill to Deal With This Oil Crisis
By pouring money into fossil fuel infrastructure, the bipartisan law is already showing its tragic inadequacies.
