mass transit
Here Are the Fare-Evasion Enforcement Data the NYPD Fought to Keep Secret
Data show there are higher enforcement rates in high-poverty Black and Latinx neighborhoods.
The Case for Leaving Fare Beaters Alone and Making Public Transit Free
Chances are everything you think you know about fare evasion is wrong.
No, the Subway Doesn't Have to Be Insanely Hot and Gross
London cooled its tube subway system, at least some of the time. Why doesn't New York do the same thing?
The L Train Shutdown May Spawn a New Generation of Bike People
Will subway-addicted New Yorkers really go in on bikes when America's largest subway shuts down one of its major lines? Experts and advocates sure hope so.
What the L Train Shutdown Means for Queens
Everyone knows hundreds of thousands of people in Brooklyn will be affected by the subway closure. What about the neighboring borough?
One Easy Fix for America's Infrastructure Crisis: Weed
The New York City subway—and lots of other important stuff people rely on across the country—is in a state of brutal disrepair. Legalizing weed could help.
Andrew Cuomo Is Hiding from NYC's Subway Nightmare
The real reason the country's largest subway became such a total disaster.
'Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit' to Free the City-Builder From the Car
At last, a new transportation infrastructure to obsessively optimize in 'Skylines'.
What Opening Up an Isolationist Nation to the Global Economy Does to Traffic
Public transit is neglected and cars are piling up in the roads. Can Myanmar get the problem under control?
The Immobile Masses: Why Traffic Is Awful and Public Transit Is Worse
Problems in San Francisco, New York, and DC highlight the failure of the funding model for mass transit.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York City Subway
Radio Motherboard has an in-depth conversation about why the G train actually is the worst.