Kate Hinds

Redesigning New York City streets to be more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly doesn't hurt car travel times. That's according to a new report quantifying the streetscape-changing efforts of the Department of Transportation.

To put it in other terms: transit ridership is up, traffic is down, and there's been a 58 percent increase in cycling since 2008.

Kansas City's streetcar, Atlanta's BeltLine, and Rochester's Inner Loop all won big in the latest round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants.

The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee rode shotgun on a 33-mile driverless car jaunt.

Leaky water is plaguing D.C.'s Red Line. Maryland's MARC trains will soon run on weekends. A task force is picking apart Chicago's transit system. Taxi speeds are up in Manhattan's bu...

The 'MTA has two sets of books' canard rose again at last night's NYC mayoral debate. Boston is getting far less Homeland Security funding than it requested. Texas says its San Antoni...

Bill de Blasio, who once applauded a move to halt a bike lane in Brooklyn, has won the endorsement of a prominent lobbying group that represents cycling advocates and other street safety concerns. 

The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge -- yes, the one with the cracked bolts -- is now open. A London skyscraper is emitting a car-melting beam of light. Road rage is on the rise, at...

Sorry El Paso, no funding for bike share...Ford pays C-Max owners on false mileage claims, how Citi Bikes are balanced, and Thompson's taxi medallion plan is....better than nothing. 

When Sandy flooded the historic Hoboken Terminal, among the casualties were the indoor restrooms. Ever since, passengers have had to use port-a-johns outside the terminal. But the wait for a permanent bathroom is over.

Now that a federal judge has declared New York's stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, some patrol officers will be strapping on judicially-mandated body cameras. It's a first for the NYPD — but other police departments across the country are already using the technology.

It's a series of tubes: the theoretical Hyperloop was unveiled. Bay Area Bike Share will launch on August 29. SunRail is showing off its new passenger rail cars. Rural Rwandans are bu...

New York's Citi Bike is already the biggest bike share program in the country, but it was supposed to be bigger by now. A lawsuit between Citi Bike's operator and its insurance company could slow progress further. Throughout the launch process expansion plans and projections have shifted. We compile them here in an interactive timeline. 

To oversee the reforms, the judge appointed an independent monitor, attorney Peter Zimroth. The judge added that "the Monitor's duties...will be no broader than necessary to end the c...

A federal judge struck down the city's stop-and-frisk policing tactic as unconstitutional on Monday. Here is what you need to know.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out at a judge's ruling finding the NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional.

"This is a very dangerous decision," he said, "made by a judge that does not understand how policing works and what is compliant with the Constitution as determined by the Supreme Court."

A California judge has blocked a BART strike -- for now. The NYPD broke up a dance party on the Manhattan Bridge. The founder of Tesla reveals design plans for his hyperloop transit s...

The latest subject for Werner Herzog -- the filmmaker behind such grueling works as Fitzcarraldo and Grizzly Man -- is the danger posed by texting while driving.

The federal government is investigating the safety of transporting oil by rail. Excavation for a London train project has turned into a veritable archaeological bonanza. Ann Arbor is ...

New York's guerrilla etiquette artist strikes again.

The federal government is reminding transit agencies to prepare for climate change. Texas is trying to get a handle on its abandoned (and leaking) oil well problem. The railroad invol...