mass transit
The Model That Can Predict (and Prevent) Transit Delays Two Hours in the Future
With "commuter prognosis," Sweden's train system will soon be able to predict the future.
Who Is the Voice Behind Your City's Public Transit Announcements?
If you're like millions of other people, you hear the voices of faceless train conductors every day. Whose are they?
The Second Coming of Mass Transit and the Decline of Driving in America
Americans took 10.7 billion bus and train rides last year. Meanwhile, the total miles traveled by car is dropping.
This Is the Train That Never Stops
Building a train that doesn't ever stop could help prevent tragic accidents like the weekend's derailment—and shave hours off your total travel time.
Elon Musk's Hyperlooped Dream: Concorde Jets, Rail Guns, & Air Hockey as the Future of Transportation
Piecing together the cryptic clues of Elon Musk's most radical idea yet.
Live Streaming the São Paulo Protests
The bus-fare protests in Brazil have escalated into a revolt over many social issues. The government has lowered the fare back down to three Brazilian real, but the gathered masses are still protesting government corruption, the lack of health care and...
Sao Paulo Is Burning
Since June 1st, the streets of Sao Paulo have played host to a series of violent clashes between police and civilians protesting the rising cost of public transportation. First-hand reporting, photos, and video from three massive and chaotic...
Enough with the Sad Subway Porn. Here's Proof that Mass Transit is Not Hell on Wheels
Despair, ye riders of mass transit! Don't you know that subways and buses are dreary, cramped mobile compounds, the movers of the poor and downtrodden? No wonder everyone is so taken with images like these, "Michael Wolf's fine portraits":http://photo...