The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Transportation
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Two Percent Obsession
In the face of mounting evidence that inflation is easing, the Fed clings to a perverse monetary policy. What will its meeting this week produce?
Posted inTransportation
Rail Companies Can’t Handle Traffic From Mississippi River Drought
Low water levels have pushed shippers who typically use river barges to use freight rail. But decades of strangled capacity makes rail a bad bet, too.
Posted inBooks
Cyborgs on the Highways
A new book details the extreme forms of surveillance imposed on long-haul truckers, robbing them of their power.
Posted inTransportation
Fare or Free?
Fare evasion and stepped-up enforcement reignite the debate on fareless transit. If going fare-free is the answer, then the question is: Who pays?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Prospect Podcast: The Most Important Inflation Fighter You Don’t Know About
We talk to Martin Oberman, the lead regulator for the rail industry, which has contributed mightily to supply chain woes by taking its cues from Wall Street.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Inflation, Supply Chain Woes, and Elaine Chao’s Culpability
Democrats in general and Mayor Pete in particular should have highlighted the disastrous hands-off approach of Trump’s transportation secretary.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Immigration Justice Ballot Measure Tests Massachusetts Progressivism
Question 4 would uphold a state law allowing undocumented residents to get driver’s licenses. Supporters are pitching it as a public-safety measure.
Posted inTAP
Europe: Great Public Systems and Eroding Public Confidence
Today on TAP: The nations of the EU are fast depleting the legacy of a decent social compact.
Posted inTAP
Amtrak Joe Averts a Lockout (and a Huge Political Headache)
Today on TAP: Now, railroad employees won’t be docked when they see a doctor—though they won’t be paid, either.