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America's 250th Anniversary: Delivered by President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Sean P. Duffy 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 419
Spirit, Brightline, and the Failure of American Priorities 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday Thursday 1 222
MDOT MTA completes rail installation on Maryland Purple Line 0 marmar May 13 May 13 1 278
America's deadliest railroad drowns in $5.5billion debt after the deaths of 196 people 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 11 8 548
Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line 2 marmar May 11 May 11 4 1094
It's Time New York Became a Real American City (satire) 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 7 2 301
Amtrak Ads Are Going Full Luxury Car 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 6 517
Add a $1 billion detour for California high-speed rail to Cesar Chavez's legacy 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 3 374
Maryland: Montgomery County completes transit depot microgrid project 0 marmar May 6 May 6 5 319
Chicago: CTA $5.7B Red Line extension project gets underway 0 marmar May 5 May 5 4 337
Dallas' Highland Park votes to leave Texas' second-largest public transit system 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 5 3 444
Passenger railroads see a sharp jump in ridership as gas prices climb 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 3 7 387
Complete Street project is literally saving lives 0 ZDU May 1 May 1 3 367
The DC Streetcars Demise Was Inevitable 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 29 Apr 29 1 345
Exploring the DC Metro's Early Designs 0 marmar Apr 29 Apr 29 3 442
Electric Air Taxis In The Big Apple: Joby Begins 1st Flights From JFK To Manhattan For 10 Days 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 1 474
The $16B Tunnel America Can't Fix in Time 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 26 8 850
Amtrak sues Metro-North over access to routes 0 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 3 488
The $10B Plan to Move (Then Bury) an Interstate 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 25 6 752
DC/MD/VA: Metro board gives green light to plan to fully automate Red Line 2 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 3 476
As ridership swells, bill to study expanding passenger rail service out of Twin Cities revived 0 marmar Apr 22 Apr 22 2 392
The Unfortunately Accurate map about American Infrastructure 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 17 Apr 17 7 782
How Seattle built one of America's most successful Light Rail systems! 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Apr 17 3 1433
No little kid ever pointed excitedly and said "A rideshare!" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 13 8 658
60 Minutes: The state of high-speed rail in the U.S. 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 8 4 649
Siemens rail car plant in Lexington, North Carolina, celebrates opening, brings 500 new jobs to area 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 2 565
The Seattle's New Light Rail On a FLOATING Bridge Finally Enters Service 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 3 Apr 3 5 616
Atlanta: Stations now online for MARTA 'Better Breeze' system, fare gates open as old system sunsets 1 marmar Apr 1 Apr 1 1 580
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 1 636
How the 'L' Avoided a Death Spiral and Launched to New Heights 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 30 Mar 30 6 622

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I rode California's new Gold Runner train. I hopped off before the end. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 4 849
Chicago: Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily release $2 billion in CTA Red Line funds 1 marmar Mar 25 Mar 25 2 596
Eight big-picture lessons from the DC Streetcar 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 2 478
The story of SEPTA - Philadelphia's fighting commuter agency 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 23 Mar 23 1 495
NC: Charlotte Council advances Red Line rail to Lake Norman with $37.9m investment 0 marmar Mar 19 Mar 19 2 588
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 2 699
Judge rules Trump administration to continue funding Gateway Tunnel project 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 12 Mar 12 5 575
Transit in the new age of experience 1 marmar Feb 27 Feb 27 3 659
SF Bay Area: BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year 1 marmar Feb 27 Feb 27 3 785
How Elon Musk's Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 23 Feb 23 12 923
In Praise of Urban Disorder 0 marmar Feb 20 Feb 20 3 738
Amtrak is Betting its Future on this Train 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1041
They want to K¡LL Amtrak...again! 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 752
Atlanta: Inside MARTA's New Trains 0 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 741
It's Over! Trump Big announcement to KILLED Amtrak's $16B Tunnel Project 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 1047
SF Bay Area: New report outlines potential BART service cuts without new funding measure 0 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 769
Amtrak's $16B Gateway Tunnel Project Is About To SHUT DOWN Here's why 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1159
[Weather-related] Amtrak canceling more than a dozen trains serving DC, Northeast region 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 720
DC-area WMATA honors Rosa Parks on what would have been her birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 730
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 953
What San Francisco looks like with Muni cuts: Traffic nightmares and no buses after 9 p.m., 0 progree Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 878
Los Angeles: Metro selects underground heavy rail as locally preferred alternative for Sepulveda Transit Corridor 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 809
FTA issues record of decision for Austin Light Rail's final environmental impact statement 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 852
Seattle Is Building Light Rail Like It's 1999 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1044
How SEPTA Almost Died in 2025 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 824
Amtrak just put their USA rail pass on sale 3 Trailrider1951 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1245
New York City's Congestion Pricing, One Year Later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 843
Amtrak's New Airo Trains Are Ready -- The Maintenance Isn't 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 998
Train derails in southern Mexico, killing 13 and injuring dozens 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 872
Chicago's CTA & Metra About to Revive -- But Here's What Needs Changing 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 891

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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8 NEW Transit Projects Opening in 2026 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 992
End of the line for the NYC subway MetroCard 1 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1108
The Tunnel That Could Save San Francisco But Never Gets Built 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 1053
Debunking the myths of open-loop payments in transit 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1007
Amtrak's $16B Hudson Tunnel Project Finally Hits a Major Milestone 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1132
Boston: The Green Line gone dark: Peek underground as the MBTA replaces wooden beams from the 1890s 3 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1262
Pritzker signs $1.5B Illinois transit overhaul bill. Here's what's in it 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 891
Huge Win! New CAHSR Announcement is here but... 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 912
Seattle LRT Extension Toronto Opens Finch West LRT Tram Expansion in Strasbourg Urban News 92 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 871
Designing sustainable transit for all ages 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 947
Toronto: TTC to introduce fare capping in 2026 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 989
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown LRT project reaches substantial completion 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 924
Seattle: Sound Transit's Federal Way 1 Line Link Extension begins light-rail service 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 969
Europe's Largest Capital Without a Subway Is Finally Getting One 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1203
Amtrak's Mardi Gras Service sees strong ridership in first three months 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1055
South Bay BART extension picking up steam with massive underground tunnel construction 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1175
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 1137
Maryland: WMATA begins construction on affordable housing development at New Carrollton 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 1008
Seattle's $2.5B New Train Extension is Finally Here 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1054
SF Bay Area: BART to Raise Fares Again as Deficit Looms 0 marmar Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 993
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