Public Transportation

The latest on mass transit around the world, from mobility and types of public transport to policy and road safety.

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Elon Musk's Loopy Transit System May Not Deliver The Goods

Environment

Battery Powered Trains will be 35% Cheaper Than Hydrogen, Study Concludes

Public Transportation

10 Reasons Why You Should Use Public Transport

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E-Bikes Will Eat ... Buses?
Public Transportation
Why Build a Subway When There's Room for a Streetcar?
Public Transportation
How Fast Should an Elevator Go?
Environment
Particulate Matter Levels in London Underground Are 18 Times as High as the Air Outside
Environment
Streetfilms and a Sock Puppet Ride the 14th Street Busway
Environment
Low-Clearance Rapid Transit: Cheaper Than Subways, Faster Than Trolleys
Treehugger Voices
Why Are Transit Riders Who Jump Fares Treated So Much More Harshly Than Drivers Who Steal Parking Spaces?
Treehugger Voices
New York's "Radical Traffic Experiment" Is Based on a Very Successful Toronto Prototype
Public Transportation
Watch an Elk Herd Run Majestically Across the Colorado Foothills
Aviation
Train vs Plane: Which Is the Better Way?
Public Transportation
Trolleytrucks Are Back
Public Transportation
This French City Is Largest in Europe to Offer Free Public Transportation for All
Business & Policy
Tokyo Metro Offers Free Noodles to Help Thin Out Rush Hour Crowds
Public Transportation
Air in the London Underground Is Far More Polluted Than Beside Busy City Roads
Public Transportation
World's Steepest Funicular Railway Debuts in Switzerland
Treehugger Voices
Bus Stations Don't Have to Be Second-Rate, as This One in Tilburg Demonstrates
Business & Policy
Canadian Transport Agency Is Looking for a Hyperloop Consultant
Treehugger Voices
Will Driverless Taxis Kill Public Transit?
Public Transportation
Luxembourg Is Making Public Transit Free to All
Environment
Norway's Capital Adding 70 New Electric Buses
Public Transportation
Electrification Is Not Enough: Decarbonizing Transport Requires a Systems Approach
Public Transportation
Duke University Faces Community Pressure to Embrace Light Rail
Business & Policy
Trudeau Government Promises Electric Car Subsidies, Public Transit Support, Wind and Tidal Power
Public Transportation
Paris Had a Marvellous Moving Sidewalk in 1900
Public Transportation
Push Toward Transit-Oriented Housing Proves Divisive in California
Public Transportation
No, E-Scooters Are Not the Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Cities
Treehugger Voices
Are E-Scooters Really Just an Investor Money Pit?
Public Transportation
Why Public Transit Shouldn't Have to Pay for Itself
Art & Media
This NYC Subway Station Has Gone to the Dogs
Treehugger Voices
How to Reimagine Public Transit and Get People Out of Cars
Treehugger Voices
Lose Weight Fast on the Public Transit Diet
Treehugger Voices
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Jerks Are Vandalizing All the E-Scooters
Automotive
10 of the Strangest Public Transit Systems
Public Transportation
She Lives on a Train Because It's Cheaper Than Rent
Public Transportation
Why Train Travel Is the Best Way to Go
Public Transportation
Ridin' the Rails: Auto Use Down as Americans Discover Trains
Environment
Despite D.C.'s Fatal Crash, Light Rail Is Safe Transit
Public Transportation
RIP Personal Rapid Transit
Public Transportation
Japanese Trains Save Deer With Sound Effects
Business & Policy
One Year Later, It Looks Like Putting People Before Cars in Toronto Was a Success
Sustainable Eating
Now You Can Buy Fresh Produce While Riding the Subway in Toronto
Public Transportation
In Istanbul, Your Recyclables Can Reduce Your Subway Fare
Public Transportation
Yonah Freemark Explains How to Build a Streetcar
Public Transportation
Lawsuit Launched to Shut Down E-Scooters, Halting What Could Be a Transport Revolution
Environment
Amsterdam's Canal Boats Are Going Electric Too
Public Transportation
When Is Public Transport Free in Paris? When Pollution Gets Out of Hand
Public Transportation
Hyperloop Is Hard at Work, Killing Taxes and Public Investment
Public Transportation
Showers in Subway Stations? LA Metro Seeks to Boost Hygiene for City's Homeless
Public Transportation
Emma Watson Hides Feminist Books in London Subway
Business & Policy
Another Reason to Make Transit Free: Fewer Kids Will Get Beat Up by Fare Inspectors
Environment
UK City Goes All in on Electric Taxis
Public Transportation
When State Legislators Defunded Light Rail, a City Stepped Up
Public Transportation
In Munich, Putting People Before Cars Makes Transit Work So Much Better
Public Transportation
9 Train Stations With Unforgettable Architecture
Public Transportation
Polluted German Cities Eye Free Public Transit
Environment
By 2030, 84% of New Buses May Be Electric
Environment
Did Minneapolis Just Host the Most Public Transit-Dependent Game in Super Bowl History?
Public Transportation
Steven M. Johnson on Turn Signal Clothing
Public Transportation
A Picture Is Worth: A Streetcar Stuck in Traffic
Treehugger Voices
Surprise! Electric Buses Are Significantly Greener Across the US
Public Transportation
Is Public Transportation a Human Right?
Public Transportation
Absolutely the Last Post About Elon Musk, Public Transit, and "Liberty Machines"
Environment
Oslo, Norway, Getting 70 New Electric Buses
Public Transportation
Take a Tour of Stockholm's Most Magnificent Metro Stations
Public Transportation
Commuting Critters: Animals That Ride Public Transportation
Treehugger Voices
Why Do Americans (And Elon Musk) Hate Public Transit So Much, and Love Chasing "Cyberspace Techno-Dreams"?
Environment
See the Soothing Waterfalls of NYC's Subway System
Business & Policy
City of 11.9 Million Will Have Only Electric Buses by the End of the Year
Public Transportation
Bring on the Chinese High Speed Trains
Public Transportation
LA's Journey to 100% Electric Bus Fleet Moves Forward With Purchase of 25 Proterra Buses
Plastics
Pay for Your Subway Ride in Beijing by Recycling a Plastic Bottle
Public Transportation
Bring Back the Trolley Bus
Public Transportation
Seattle Is Topping One of Its Famous Floating Bridges With Light Rail
Public Transportation
Supercapacitors Could Be Better Than Batteries or Fuel Cells for Clean Electric Powered Transit
Public Transportation
Map Shows What US-Wide High Speed Rail Might Look Like
Public Transportation
This Singapore Bus Stop Is the Best Bus Stop
Public Transportation
Bus Ride From Toronto to NYC Epitomizes the Sad State of Ground Transportation
Public Transportation
Orlando, Florida Makes a Good Thing (Public Transportation) Even Better (With Biodiesel)
Public Transportation
Why Trains Are Important (Even for Car Guys)
Public Transportation
Here's a Great Way to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Take Transit
Public Transportation
Is Public Transportation Really Greener Than Driving?
Natural Science
It’s Alive! NYC Subway Teeming With More Than 15,000 Types of Microscopic Life Forms
Public Transportation
Air Fresheners: The Secret to a Better Subway?
Treehugger Voices
How Much Could You Save if You Stopped Driving? $10,000 a Year? $15,000 a Year?
Environment
The Gyrocar Could Be the Solution to the Biggest Urban Problem of Our Times
Environment
High-Speed Trains Coming to California, Voters Approve Prop 1A
Public Transportation
The Shweeb Pedal-Powered Monorail: Fast and Carbon-Free
Treehugger Voices
A Good Overnight Sleeper Bus Would Be a Wonderful Thing. Then There Is the Snoozeliner.
Treehugger Voices
Is This a "Trackless Train" or a Bendy Bus?
Treehugger Voices
Why Elon Musk Hates Public Transit
Environment
New York City May Get Wonderful "Open Gangway" Subway Trains
Public Transportation
Solo EV: New Electric Bus by Optare
Public Transportation
New York's Broadway Almost Got an Elevated Moving Sidewalk in 1872
Environment
Miami-Dade Might Move on Chinese Bendy Buses
Public Transportation
Do Hydrogen Powered Trains Make Sense?
Public Transportation
Huge Shift From Planes to Trains on London-Scotland Routes
Treehugger Voices
Sleep Your Way From SF to LA in Cabin
Public Transportation
In China, 20% of New Buses Are Now Electric
Public Transportation
French Startup Will Put 'Flying' Electric Water Taxis to Work in Paris
Public Transportation
Is Uber Killing Transit?
Public Transportation
12 Big Cities Commit to Electric-Only Buses & Fossil-Fuel-Free Zones
Public Transportation
Taipei's Forest Bus Brings Lush Nature to the Concrete Jungle
Public Transportation
The First Self-Driving Cars May Be ... Buses!
Public Transportation
L.A.'s New Bus Stop Benches Look Like Swell Places to Sit for a Spell
Public Transportation
Steampunk Technology Fuels NYC Subway System
Public Transportation
German Cities to Offer Free Transit to Cut Air Pollution
Art & Media
New York City as Seen Through Its Subway Stops
Public Transportation
Study Shows Old Rich White People Don't Take Transit
Public Transportation
Is the Chinese Straddling Bus a Fraud and a Scam? Wait and See.
Public Transportation
Take a Ride in Heathrow's Driverless Pod! (Video)
Public Transportation
Human Transit vs My Kind of Transit: Two Views of What Makes Transit Work, and Why (Book Review)
Public Transportation
How Millennials Feel About Cars, Public Transit and Electric Vehicles
Public Transportation
In the Future, Homebuyers May Hyperloop 'Til They Qualify
Public Transportation
Does Public Transit Reduce or Increase Prejudice?
Public Transportation
Buenos Aires Is Doing a Fantastic Job of Transforming Itself Into a More Livable City!
Public Transportation
UC Irvine Orders 20 Electric Buses
Public Transportation
RIP, American High Speed Rail
Public Transportation
Transit Drivers Should Learn Eco-Driving Tips (18.7% Potential Fuel Savings, Study Says)
Public Transportation
How Transit & Bikes Paid for My Home
Public Transportation
New York Transit Union Claims “Pedestrians Are a Menace”
Public Transportation
Promoters of the Straddling Bus Are Arrested for Illegal Fundraising
Public Transportation
A Modular, Rehabbed, Battery-Electric Train
Wildlife
How the Kingfisher Inspired the Shape of a High-Speed Train
Public Transportation
Could a Subway Swipe & Read Scheme for Smartphones Boost Visits to Public Libraries?
Public Transportation
Car-Free Living — Meeting With Friends
Public Transportation
World's First Double Decker Electric Bus, Now in Service
Public Transportation
Yes, Buses and Trucks Can Be Zero Emission Too
Public Transportation
UK to Phase Out Diesel-Only Trains, Eventually
Public Transportation
The Weird, Beautiful Metros of the Soviet Union: A Slideshow
Public Transportation
Neighborhoods Built Around Transit Make Life Easier for Seniors, Improve Quality of Life for Everyone
Public Transportation
There's a Private Subway System for Senators Under Washington
Public Transportation
Best Scooter Sharing Companies in 2021
Public Transportation
Ways You Benefit by Using Public Transportation