Aine Quinn and Benjamin Katz, Bloomberg
A nine-month delay for additional safety tests is understandable for a project of this magnitude. The faster and less costly links to London’s main airport Heathrow will lift tourism as long as Crossrail provides frequent service to the airport's busiest terminal, Terminal 5.
12 months ago
Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press
The Washington, D.C. Metro, the U.S.’ second-busiest mass transit system, was the nation's best-run subway a mere 15 years ago. Its fall from grace hurts tourism because the city groans under the burden of car and bus traffic.
2 years ago
David M. Levitt, Bloomberg
People won't like construction at JFK and Newark airports, nor will they like suspended late-night subway service, but guess what? New York has bigger sustainability problems on its hands.
2 years ago
Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Officials in Los Angeles say the machines can scan about 600 people per hour in a bid to detect mass casualty threats. It seems like a great move if the system is effective.
2 years ago
Elaine Ou, Bloomberg
New York's subway system saw dozens of catastrophes over the years, but New York also has the only transit system in the country that can compete with world-class systems abroad.
3 years ago
Bloomberg
New York City has an ambitious plan to get wireless service to all 277 underground stations by 2017, and by that time we will take it all for granted.
5 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
Many travelers are already unknowingly sharing data on the road so taking control of that data and maximizing its benefit is a smart move that will gain popularity as mobile, data-informed planning become easier to access and understand.
5 years ago
Shigeru Sato and Emi Urabe, Bloomberg
It sounds as though Osaka needs to fix its subway, but privatization isn't necessarily the answer.
5 years ago