Alex Goldmark

Bay Area launches bike share, and gets a solar EV charger and a report for how to stop sprawl along Calif. HSRail. Nissan is making a self-driving car, all carmakers are trying out te...

In today's transpo news roundup, we have lots of federal news. There's a safety crackdown on nationwide on Chinatown bus companies, Obama is considering resurrecting his auto loan pro...

With a grand project underway to wire all NYC subway stations, the NY MTA is hunting for new smartphone apps aimed at riders. This year there's $50,000 in incentives. Tuesday, the agency released the long list of competitors in the 2013 MTA App Quest. 

Ford contemplates space robots, Cincinnati drops parking minimums, SF preps for bike share, and Google's stake in Uber sparks wild ideas for a driverless taxi future. Plus some vintag...

Calif. high-speed rail legal update, Wichita's bus troubles, and the rise of diesel cars is coming. That's all in today's links along with a video of bike parking in Amsterdam, Amazon...

Apple is buying up another transit routing company, Minn. leaders are balking at a light rail plan, Pittsburgh moves into real-time, and the UK gets nationwide bike share. All that and more in today's links. 

Public transit agencies are safe from lawsuits that would threaten their abilities to tell passengers when trains and buses will arrive. Yes, that's right, there was a legal threat to providing basic information to riders. 

Americans are fretting less over drunk drivers. The bus manufacturer where U.S Sec. of Transpo Foxx used to work is filing for bankruptcy. Kabul needs more traffic lights. Plus we hav...

This week, Verizon became the last of the major cell phone carriers to ink a deal to deliver cell service to the NYC subway system. But that doesn't mean all the platforms will be buzzing with incoming calls. 

Tesla Model S is so safe its rating is off the charts, youth radio weighs in on millennials and cars, and bike polo is booming. Who knew it was a century old sport. That, and more, in today's link roundup. 

Our friends at WAMU report on a safety success story from Ocean City Maryland. The beach town has embraced a new mascot: a traffic safety-obsessed crab dressed as a lifeguard. He's very effective. 

A slew of storm readiness news is back in the headlines, from NJ Transit's missteps to the smart call by Amtrak to allow tunnels to flood. There's also some research on lady cyclists,...

Amtrak might have been able to avoid the flooding in at least one of its Hudson River tunnels during Sandy, but it is probably best that it didn't.

New Jersey lawmakers are calling for an investigation into New Jersey Transit's flawed hurricane preparations.  The news comes in the wake of revelations that NJ Transit didn't follow its own admonition to move its trains to higher ground during Sandy.

A university gets in on the driverless car game (with video), James Fallows takes to the friendly skies in his own plane to hunt for the new American economy and Atlanta makes a big b...

Central Florida got its first peek at new SunRail passenger cars this week. 

A big business group is putting its significant clout behind an effort to bring more bus rapid transit to New York's outer boroughs.  Compared to 10 years ago, 24 percent more people who work in Brooklyn also live there, according to analysis by the Partnership for New York City.  And they need transit. 

From jetpacks to bus lanes, there's a bevy of big plans in today's link roundup. We've also got an in-depth infographic on global road deaths, an update on the UPS crash and the Houst...

What's changed since the big blackout? Lots of airline news: A merger explained, an airport tweak that cuts carbon and a UPS crash. In transit we find out how much commuters save by r...

Bike lanes and express buses are hot with the candidates hoping to lead New York City. The advocacy group Transportation Alternatives surveyed seven of the 12 mayoral candidates on transit, biking, walking, and traffic safety policies. Here's what they said.