While high-speed rail has long captured the imagination of road-weary California travelers, Caltrans is exploring the feasibility of a different mode of expedited travel: high-speed buses. Caltrans ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani got on the phone with POLITICO for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview where he told his followers to back off the personal attacks on Council Speaker Julie Menin, ...

Kennedy Woodard-Jones checked in for her flight home from a work trip 24 hours in advance earlier this month. Her emailed reminder from American Airlines referenced her “flight to Chicago O’Hare,” for ...

Bus riders will have to pay $2 to ride the bus starting in June, after six years of free fare. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will charge for bus rides starting in June. The $2 fare can ...

SINGAPORE – Some 660 electric public buses, including 300 double-deckers with a three-door, two-staircase design, will be progressively deployed for passenger service from end-2026. With a total cost ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may have to pump the brakes on his idea to make buses free in the Big Apple. Speaking to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 8, Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...

Zohran Mamdani made free buses one of his signature policy proposals during the New York City mayor's race, a campaign filled with ideas to make living in NYC more affordable. Now that he has been ...

New Yorkers want better public transportation and a more affordable city. Politicians argue that fare-free buses will deliver both. But eliminating fares could cost the city $1 billion, depriving it ...

When a door broke loose on a new electric bus in Des Moines, Iowa, and nearly fell off, it was one in a long list of problems for the local transit agency. The city began using its fleet of seven ...

In 2023, two transit agencies went shopping for new buses. Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Cincinnati area’s Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) both bought ...

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The westward expansion and urbanization of the 19th century left clusters of families scattered across rural America, with only muddy ruts and a rudimentary web of roads to connect them. To attend ...