Alternative transportation

Alternative transportation

True high-speed rail in the U.S. is still years away despite recent advancements and public support. Rail experts emphasize that actual high-speed rail requires dedicated infrastructure and faster trains, similar to systems in Europe and Asia.

The first three months of 2026 were among the three safest first-three-month periods since records started being kept at the dawn of the Automobile Age, with only 42 fatalities from car crashes in New York City.

The tax provides more than $23 billion per year in revenue for federal highway and public transit programs. The federal gas tax has been in place, in one way or another, since 1919 and was last raised in 1993.

"We need at least a 15-percent increase in state operating assistance in order for the Upstate systems to address their structural budget deficits. What that means is we need that 15-percent increase so that we are not faced with having to reduce service. We're not faced with having to increase fares."

"We're essentially nine months away from testing an electric cargo plane, and then from there, we're hopefully a year and a half away from flying passengers on the plane," Louis Saint-Cyr, the president of Surf Air Mobility, stated.

The centerpiece of this experiment is the Starlink Mini, the compact, portable version of Starlink's separate, larger dish and router for residential use. It's small enough to fit in a backpack and built to accommodate different power sources.

The ScotZEB3 programme will deliver a total of 334 vehicles, comprising 227 buses and 107 coaches, to be integrated into fleets operated by companies including Stagecoach, Lothian, First Bus, Ember and Rock Road.

Riding pillion on a vintage Vespa from Sydney to Italy was never going to be easy. But doing so amid a war in the Middle East, global oil shocks and shuttered borders? That was something Mario Gabrieli, 54, and his 11-year-old son, Leonardo, never planned for.

"Sharrows are just the weakest thing that a transportation agency could do," said Christopher White, executive director of San Francisco Bike Coalition. "They are not effective at keeping people safe; they are hardly better than nothing at all."

Sergio Avedian, an Uber driver and senior contributor to the gig-driver advocacy blog and YouTube channel The Rideshare Guy, said the incentives are 'a step in the right direction, but they are largely symbolic and fall short of offsetting the real impact of rising gas prices on drivers.'

The new trams are 33.5 metres long, with a maximum capacity of 281 passengers, 64 of whom can be seated. The maximum speed will be 70 km/h.

"Lowering speeds does reduce fuel consumption, especially at highway speeds, because aerodynamic drag increases rapidly as speed rises. A reduction of around 10 km/h can realistically lead to fuel savings in the order of 5-10 per cent, depending on the vehicle and driving conditions."

Missouri is the most populous state without a statewide active transportation plan, despite nearly one-third of its residents lacking a driver's license and alarming fatality rates among vulnerable road users.

One of the most surprising things about van life is how convenient it is. For example, when we return from hikes, we can change clothes (and even shower) right at the trailhead.