Transportation

What prevents cities from adopting electric buses en masse is a mix of technological, financial, and institutional challenges, according to a pair of reports from the World Resource Institute looking at efforts in 16 cities at various stages of adopting e-buses.

City planners will need to focus on equity and flexibility, while refusing to buckle to venture capital.

Though scooter-shares have led to sidewalk safety concerns, they're also an accessible transportation option.

The bus company argues it has no choice but to cooperate with Customs and Border Protection agents' searches and interrogation of its passengers.

Police patrol ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival for the official opening of the world's longest sea bridge on October 23rd, 2018, in Hong Kong.

New research finds the ride-sharing service is more of a complement to public transportation than a substitute.

Activists hold a demonstration against diesel cars in front of the Transport Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on March 14th, 2018.

Members of a railway union hold flares during a protest against the reform of the French state-owned railway company SNCF in Paris, France, on March 12th, 2018.

A woman takes a picture while riding her bike during a car-free day in Bogotá, Colombia, on February 1st, 2018.

Lawsuits by states and advocacy groups are effectively blocking some of the most egregious attacks on environmental regulations.

Boats were, in fact, a proposed alternative solution.

New research provides the best evidence yet linking public transportation usage with lower obesity rates.

A traffic model incorporating subway and street traffic suggests faster trains aren't always good for congestion.

To understand the outrage over the Volkswagen scandal and recall, consider the meat industry.

We have a long way to go before the Americans With Disabilities Act is actually realized.

Real transportation futurism looks more like a fleet of self-driving buses.

Why getting to school has gotten harder for kids in the Big Easy.

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.

Public transportation passes are one of the most common forms of non-bank money that we interact with on a daily basis, but it’s easy—perhaps too easy—not to think of them as such, until something goes wrong.

Extreme weather and rising seas are starting to wreak havoc on our transportation systems.

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

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.

Should you be required to wear a helmet when riding a bike? What if they actually make you more likely to be injured?

The number of women on bikes is an indicator of a city’s cycle-friendliness and -safety. Improve those and you'll get more people out of their cars.