Tom McElroy, Associated Press
You wouldn't know by looking at the basket case that is Penn Station, but rail is actually market-driven in some countries.
2 weeks ago
Elise Young and Mark Niquette, Bloomberg
Travelers to New York depend on trains -- safety issues and chronic delays must be addressed before tackling the aesthetic horror that is Penn Station. Hopefully Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan will come through and finally make New York's rail system world-class.
1 month ago
Joan Lowy and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press
Privatization, the next illogical step after public-private partnerships, will become a mantra of the Trump Administration, but from prisons to toll roads, we've seen that privatization can be a mess. Lord help us all if efforts to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system, and others around the world, take hold.
4 months ago
David Shepardson, Reuters
The Northeast Corridor rail lines serve a staggering number of travelers, and are long overdue for upgrades that would allow the high-speed Acela train to live up to its name. Improved train service would also relieve some of the mounting pressure on roads. Trump has pledged to spend billions on infrastructure projects like this, but will it really happen?
5 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
At the moment, travelling anywhere mostly requires the use of multiple companies on multiple apps, but what if there was another way? Every part of a potential journey is now connected up to the Web so the next logical step is to bring all these steps together in one place.
8 months ago
Taku Kato and Chris Cooper, Bloomberg
Tourism demand in Japan is on the rise in recent years and visitors will be looking for a high-end customer experience that matches or exceeds what they'd receive in the air.
Heba Elkholy, Associated Press
The Cairo Metro is a city below the city and mostly it really works.
2 years ago
Kiel Porter, Bloomberg
KKR sees an opportunity here for either a bigger IPO down the road or building something bigger.
Samantha Shankman, Skift
Up until recently, the ease and sophistication of bookings for hotels and flights far surpassed that of ground transportation, creating a small but growing market of entrepreneurs looking to solve the unsexy problem of back-end complexity and one-step transactions.
Amtrak is stuck in a bit of catch-22: It must prove to federal officials that it is making significant product and infrastructure improvements worthy of funding, but it needs funding (or profits) to fully reach its potential.
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Rome2Rio surfaces transport options from ridesharing to rail that represent the future of business travel. Concur is smart to get on board early.
3 years ago
Associated Press
With Lufthansa striking and the rail lines striking too, it's clear that Germany needs to improve labor relations on the low end sot that the high end of protected workers won't be the only ones striking.
