Night School just wanted to provide a modest, low-cost bus service from San Francisco to the East Bay. Without expensive lobbyists and venture capital, the rule-abiding company folded after hitting bureaucratic roadblocks.
As oil trains derail across the United States, a windswept—and vulnerable—stretch of Montana’s Glacier National Park underscores the folly of transporting crude by rail.
Spain is in shock after nearly 80 die in a train crash. In the U.S., we call that Thursday.
America's very successful freight train system will have to make some compromises to accommodate high-speed rail, but those needn't be the end of the world.
Past experiences suggest that terrorists who want to derail a train are facing a much more complex task than just leaving a penny on the rail.
Will investing in speed and electrification create the "sparks effect" needed to convince Americans to ride high-speed rail?
For the U.S. to have world-class high-speed trains, the government will have to subsidize them. The investment would be small compared to the billions lavished on highways and airports.
Positive Train Control — technology that adheres to the simple premise that there should only be one train to one track — is still years away from full implementation in the U.S.