Kate Hinds

Unauthorized changes to the Silver Line's safety systems were called "alarming" by the head of the FTA. A NJ Transit bus driver got lost for two hours. California's high-speed rail li...

Bogota is fighting a rise in pedestrian deaths. Three-hour lines at U.S. Customs checkpoints aren't uncommon at airports. New York's City Council wants Albany to move on speed camera ...

During the next big storm, NJ Transit will store rail cars at yards in Linden and Garwood -- not the Meadowlands or Hoboken.

One-third of designated drivers actually drink before driving. Chicago delayed its bike share rollout. St. Louis transit workers voted to authorize a strike. D.C.'s Metro has a compli...

Last week we answered questions about New York City's newest class of taxi. But there were some follow-ups.

As New York's legislative session draws to a close, there's one piece of unfinished business bugging transit watchers: the nagging lack of a confirmation hearing for the new head of Metropolitan Transportation Authority. But that could be changing.

To be sure, our analysis isn't perfect. But by scraping station data, the WNYC Data News Team found that, in the last week, an average of 35 stations -- ten percent of the program's...

Seattle is trying to keep housing near light rail stations affordable for low-income residents. Texas investigators want more funds to to fight illegal inspection stickers. The clock ...

China and the U.S. agreed to reduce hydrofluorocarbons. The highest-paid BART employee did no work at all for the agency in 2012. Biking while drunk: not illegal in Minnesota, but not...

Another Chinatown bus company was shut down by the federal government. California awarded the contract for the first leg of its new high-speed rail system. Parking placards for the di...

Starting this summer, there will be a new taxi in town, and apple green cabs will start plying their trade citywide. Here's what you need to know about New York City's newest class of taxi service.

The green taxis in the outer boroughs finally have a green light.  New York's highest court has okayed New York City's 5-boro taxi plan, after a year and a half of litigation by New York's powerful yellow cab industry.

The TSA has dropped a plan to allow small knives on airplanes. Illegally parked cars in New York City will soon get the boot -- not the tow truck. Chrysler is just not that into a fed...

There will be no R train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan for at least a year starting in August as the MTA shuts down a key tunnel to repair damage sustained during Sandy, officials say. 

A NYC subway tunnel will close for a year for Sandy repairs. Ford sales are doing very, very well in China. A group of Hasidim is organizing to bring bike share to their Brooklyn neig...

It's a fitting tribute to a man who fought ferociously for passenger rail: Frank Lautenberg's body will be transported to Washington, D.C. by Amtrak.

360-degree panoramic views, no board approval, occasional visits from the landlord: dozens of peregrine falcon chicks are living the high life in New York City.

Houston is preparing drivers to share the road with light rail. Chevy Volt sales fell for the third straight month. Northern Los Angeles is battling over eight miles of proposed bike ...

U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg's final tweet was about a proposed train tunnel under the Hudson River. It was a fitting coda to a career that drove transportation policy — transforming everything from smoking on airplanes to instituting stricter blood alcohol standards for drivers. 

Bike sharing has come to Moscow. When it comes to building a transit hub, Boise keeps getting thwarted. Electric car maker Tesla is expanding its network of 'supercharging' stations. ...