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Dallas' Highland Park votes to leave Texas' second-largest public transit system 3 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 3 258
Passenger railroads see a sharp jump in ridership as gas prices climb 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 7 268
Complete Street project is literally saving lives 0 ZDU Friday Friday 3 271
The DC Streetcars Demise Was Inevitable 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 1 244
Exploring the DC Metro's Early Designs 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 3 341
Electric Air Taxis In The Big Apple: Joby Begins 1st Flights From JFK To Manhattan For 10 Days 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 383
The $16B Tunnel America Can't Fix in Time 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 26 8 741
Amtrak sues Metro-North over access to routes 0 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 2 382
The $10B Plan to Move (Then Bury) an Interstate 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 25 5 643
DC/MD/VA: Metro board gives green light to plan to fully automate Red Line 2 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 3 351
As ridership swells, bill to study expanding passenger rail service out of Twin Cities revived 0 marmar Apr 22 Apr 22 2 295
The Unfortunately Accurate map about American Infrastructure 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 17 Apr 17 7 678
How Seattle built one of America's most successful Light Rail systems! 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Apr 17 2 1254
No little kid ever pointed excitedly and said "A rideshare!" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 13 8 530
60 Minutes: The state of high-speed rail in the U.S. 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 8 4 552
Siemens rail car plant in Lexington, North Carolina, celebrates opening, brings 500 new jobs to area 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 2 482
The Seattle's New Light Rail On a FLOATING Bridge Finally Enters Service 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 3 Apr 3 5 516
Atlanta: Stations now online for MARTA 'Better Breeze' system, fare gates open as old system sunsets 1 marmar Apr 1 Apr 1 1 483
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 1 551
How the 'L' Avoided a Death Spiral and Launched to New Heights 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 30 Mar 30 6 533
I rode California's new Gold Runner train. I hopped off before the end. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 3 734
Chicago: Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily release $2 billion in CTA Red Line funds 1 marmar Mar 25 Mar 25 2 509
Eight big-picture lessons from the DC Streetcar 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 2 400
The story of SEPTA - Philadelphia's fighting commuter agency 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 23 Mar 23 1 417
NC: Charlotte Council advances Red Line rail to Lake Norman with $37.9m investment 0 marmar Mar 19 Mar 19 2 498
Los Angeles: A Line's new stations in eastern L.A. County adding riders, as increase ripples through line 1 marmar Mar 14 Mar 14 2 591
Judge rules Trump administration to continue funding Gateway Tunnel project 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 12 Mar 12 5 482
Transit in the new age of experience 1 marmar Feb 27 Feb 27 3 548
SF Bay Area: BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year 1 marmar Feb 27 Feb 27 3 678
How Elon Musk's Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 23 Feb 23 12 813

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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In Praise of Urban Disorder 0 marmar Feb 20 Feb 20 3 638
Amtrak is Betting its Future on this Train 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 15 Feb 15 6 926
They want to K¡LL Amtrak...again! 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 13 Feb 13 4 662
Atlanta: Inside MARTA's New Trains 0 marmar Feb 12 Feb 12 5 660
It's Over! Trump Big announcement to KILLED Amtrak's $16B Tunnel Project 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 10 Feb 11 2 950
SF Bay Area: New report outlines potential BART service cuts without new funding measure 0 marmar Feb 10 Feb 10 1 680
Amtrak's $16B Gateway Tunnel Project Is About To SHUT DOWN Here's why 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 5 Feb 6 14 1044
[Weather-related] Amtrak canceling more than a dozen trains serving DC, Northeast region 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 2 632
DC-area WMATA honors Rosa Parks on what would have been her birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 4 638
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 857
What San Francisco looks like with Muni cuts: Traffic nightmares and no buses after 9 p.m., 0 progree Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 800
Los Angeles: Metro selects underground heavy rail as locally preferred alternative for Sepulveda Transit Corridor 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 722
FTA issues record of decision for Austin Light Rail's final environmental impact statement 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 757
Seattle Is Building Light Rail Like It's 1999 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 943
How SEPTA Almost Died in 2025 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 744
Amtrak just put their USA rail pass on sale 3 Trailrider1951 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1129
New York City's Congestion Pricing, One Year Later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 764
Amtrak's New Airo Trains Are Ready -- The Maintenance Isn't 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 923
Train derails in southern Mexico, killing 13 and injuring dozens 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 792
Chicago's CTA & Metra About to Revive -- But Here's What Needs Changing 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 809
8 NEW Transit Projects Opening in 2026 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 902
End of the line for the NYC subway MetroCard 1 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1017
The Tunnel That Could Save San Francisco But Never Gets Built 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 970
Debunking the myths of open-loop payments in transit 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 926
Amtrak's $16B Hudson Tunnel Project Finally Hits a Major Milestone 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1040
Boston: The Green Line gone dark: Peek underground as the MBTA replaces wooden beams from the 1890s 3 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1144
Pritzker signs $1.5B Illinois transit overhaul bill. Here's what's in it 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 809
Huge Win! New CAHSR Announcement is here but... 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 834
Seattle LRT Extension Toronto Opens Finch West LRT Tram Expansion in Strasbourg Urban News 92 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 789
Designing sustainable transit for all ages 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 857

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Toronto: TTC to introduce fare capping in 2026 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 903
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown LRT project reaches substantial completion 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 835
Seattle: Sound Transit's Federal Way 1 Line Link Extension begins light-rail service 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 884
Europe's Largest Capital Without a Subway Is Finally Getting One 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1117
Amtrak's Mardi Gras Service sees strong ridership in first three months 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 971
South Bay BART extension picking up steam with massive underground tunnel construction 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1083
You don't suppose this has something to do with all the money we've recently been sending that way, do you? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1054
Maryland: WMATA begins construction on affordable housing development at New Carrollton 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 920
Seattle's $2.5B New Train Extension is Finally Here 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 967
SF Bay Area: BART to Raise Fares Again as Deficit Looms 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 912
Where Train Dreams Meet Reality in Texas 2 marmar Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1300
Maryland: MDOT MTA takes delivery of final Purple Line vehicle 0 marmar Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 1034
Virginia starts construction in Alexandria to improve passenger rail 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 985
DC bought these new buses. They can never get more... 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1253
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 811
TriMet cuts 68 staff positions to help close budget gap 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 965
"real ones know there is only one correct way to travel from NYC to DC (Amtrak northeast regional cafe car)" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1106
Phoenix residents to weigh in on light rail expansion to the west 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 987
Brussels' Pedestrian Zone Is So Crowded It's Restricting Bikes 0 marmar Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1151
SEPTA announces completion of Silverliner IV inspections 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 1008
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