The Gee Whiz Train
The thin, fragile, and (oft unfairly) maligned conduit between Brooklyn and Queens is shutting down for five weeks so that the MTA can repair lingering damage from Hurriance Sandy. This has provided...
View ArticleA Walking Tour Through the Living Wreckage of Penn Station
Nearly everyone can agree that Penn Station, America’s busiest transit hub, which routinely takes in and spits out some five thousand humans every minute, is terrible in nearly every conceivable way....
View ArticleMinutes From a Meeting at the Bay Area Radical Transit Association Known as Lyft
“Hey guys. I’ve got an idea. It’s kind of crazy, but stick with me. Getting around in cities, it kind of sucks, right? Things are far apart but it’s so crowded and the traffic is bad and you have to...
View ArticleUnder the Bus
It is not wholly coincidental or unexpected that the same week it was declared that Uber-affiliated “black and luxury cars” outnumbered medallion cabs in New York City, a venture capital-backed private...
View ArticleBreaches of Subway Etiquette, Ranked
54. Gross kissing. 53. Talking on the phone on an above-ground train. 52. Talking on the phone on a subterranean train (how???). 51. Being a dick to the people handing out copies of the day’s AM New...
View ArticleThe Uber Endgame
In San Francisco, Uber recently began testing what it calls “Smart Routes,” TechCrunch reports: Rather than hailing an Uber directly to your door, UberPool’s map shows a green line overlaid on a major...
View ArticleTravis Kalanick on The Uber Endgame
Earlier this week, the Awl posited how Uber might metastasize into mass transit and potentially privatize public transit along the way, at least in some cities. That piece found its way into Uber CEO...
View ArticleTransit Terrorism
The city of Los Angeles is going to add some bike and bus-only lanes to its roads. This will, by necessity, take those lanes away from cars, which might make traffic problems worse, initially. But...
View ArticleHow Can Detroit Improve Its Disastrous Public Transit System?
This November, constituents will vote on a proposal to fund a $4.6 billion overhaul The Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit Detroit’s public transit is widely regarded as the worst in the...
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