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Why America Can't Build Anything Anymore 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 3 393
Surface Transportation Board Freezes UP-NS Case After Accepting Filing 0 Dem_in_Nebr. 15 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 0 186
Germany rail network briefly halted nationwide due to IT malfunction 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 229
Alexandria, Virginis, DASH Breaks Ground on DMV's First On-Route Electric Bus Chargers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 216
Lawmakers weigh merging Northern Virginia transit agencies to cut costs 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 181
Howard Street Tunnel opens for double-stack rail service, marking new era for Port of Baltimore 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 238
Purple Line close to 90% complete after years of delays NBC4 Washington 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday Friday 1 326
Canada's $6BN Railway U-Turn 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 17 Jun 17 3 530
New York is Blocking Its Next Subway Line Forever 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 15 Jun 15 0 450
Congress's Transportation Reauthorization Bill Would Drastically Underfund Transit and Rail Projects 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 12 Jun 12 4 311
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (VA-08) Introduces Legislative Package to Modernize Rail Infrastructure 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 5 383
Atlanta: First new MARTA CQ400 trains set to carry passengers in days. 1 marmar May 30 May 30 4 536
Mardi Gras to Jacksonville? A Second Crescent? Nope 0 Dem_in_Nebr. May 29 May 29 1 476
Boston: Upcoming MBTA shutdowns May-June: Everything you need to know 0 marmar May 28 May 28 1 474
68-year-old bicyclist hit, killed by Brightline train in Stuart 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 4 645
2 people killed after vehicle strikes Brightline train in West Palm Beach 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 26 May 26 1 506
Miami Graffiti Artist Dies After Being Struck by Train That's Reportedly Killed Over 200 People 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 7 1012
Fort Lee, New Jersey, Physical Therapist Sentenced in $11 Million Amtrak Health Care Fraud Scheme 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 5 611
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Hiawatha Pete May 23 May 23 1 524
Amtrak, Trump tap this developer to lead NY Penn Station overhaul 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 22 May 22 2 733
America's 250th Anniversary: Delivered by President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Sean P. Duffy 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 15 May 15 1 727
Spirit, Brightline, and the Failure of American Priorities 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 14 May 14 1 486
MDOT MTA completes rail installation on Maryland Purple Line 0 marmar May 13 May 13 1 499
America's deadliest railroad drowns in $5.5billion debt after the deaths of 196 people 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 11 8 793
Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line 2 marmar May 11 May 11 4 1393
It's Time New York Became a Real American City (satire) 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 7 2 547
Amtrak Ads Are Going Full Luxury Car 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 6 793
Add a $1 billion detour for California high-speed rail to Cesar Chavez's legacy 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 3 611
Maryland: Montgomery County completes transit depot microgrid project 0 marmar May 6 May 6 5 537
Chicago: CTA $5.7B Red Line extension project gets underway 0 marmar May 5 May 5 4 577

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Dallas' Highland Park votes to leave Texas' second-largest public transit system 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 5 3 781
Passenger railroads see a sharp jump in ridership as gas prices climb 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 3 7 616
Complete Street project is literally saving lives 0 ZDU May 1 May 1 3 583
The DC Streetcars Demise Was Inevitable 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 29 Apr 29 1 566
Exploring the DC Metro's Early Designs 0 marmar Apr 29 Apr 29 3 671
Electric Air Taxis In The Big Apple: Joby Begins 1st Flights From JFK To Manhattan For 10 Days 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 1 698
The $16B Tunnel America Can't Fix in Time 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 26 8 1115
Amtrak sues Metro-North over access to routes 0 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 3 715
The $10B Plan to Move (Then Bury) an Interstate 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 25 Apr 25 6 986
DC/MD/VA: Metro board gives green light to plan to fully automate Red Line 2 marmar Apr 25 Apr 25 3 746
As ridership swells, bill to study expanding passenger rail service out of Twin Cities revived 0 marmar Apr 22 Apr 22 2 630
The Unfortunately Accurate map about American Infrastructure 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 17 Apr 17 7 1030
How Seattle built one of America's most successful Light Rail systems! 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Apr 17 3 1827
No little kid ever pointed excitedly and said "A rideshare!" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 13 8 936
60 Minutes: The state of high-speed rail in the U.S. 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 8 4 888
Siemens rail car plant in Lexington, North Carolina, celebrates opening, brings 500 new jobs to area 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 2 784
The Seattle's New Light Rail On a FLOATING Bridge Finally Enters Service 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 3 Apr 3 5 852
Atlanta: Stations now online for MARTA 'Better Breeze' system, fare gates open as old system sunsets 1 marmar Apr 1 Apr 1 1 803
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 1 851
How the 'L' Avoided a Death Spiral and Launched to New Heights 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 30 Mar 30 6 832
I rode California's new Gold Runner train. I hopped off before the end. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 4 1085
Chicago: Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily release $2 billion in CTA Red Line funds 1 marmar Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 824
Eight big-picture lessons from the DC Streetcar 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 686
The story of SEPTA - Philadelphia's fighting commuter agency 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2026 Mar 2026 1 702
NC: Charlotte Council advances Red Line rail to Lake Norman with $37.9m investment 0 marmar Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 787
Los Angeles: A Line's new stations in eastern L.A. County adding riders, as increase ripples through line 1 marmar Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 923
Judge rules Trump administration to continue funding Gateway Tunnel project 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 769
Transit in the new age of experience 1 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 903
SF Bay Area: BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year 1 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 1020
How Elon Musk's Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 1154

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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In Praise of Urban Disorder 0 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 939
Amtrak is Betting its Future on this Train 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1274
They want to K¡LL Amtrak...again! 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 963
Atlanta: Inside MARTA's New Trains 0 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 959
It's Over! Trump Big announcement to KILLED Amtrak's $16B Tunnel Project 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 1261
SF Bay Area: New report outlines potential BART service cuts without new funding measure 0 marmar Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 978
Amtrak's $16B Gateway Tunnel Project Is About To SHUT DOWN Here's why 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1428
[Weather-related] Amtrak canceling more than a dozen trains serving DC, Northeast region 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 923
DC-area WMATA honors Rosa Parks on what would have been her birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 929
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 1200
What San Francisco looks like with Muni cuts: Traffic nightmares and no buses after 9 p.m., 0 progree Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1073
Los Angeles: Metro selects underground heavy rail as locally preferred alternative for Sepulveda Transit Corridor 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1029
FTA issues record of decision for Austin Light Rail's final environmental impact statement 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1062
Seattle Is Building Light Rail Like It's 1999 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1270
How SEPTA Almost Died in 2025 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1027
Amtrak just put their USA rail pass on sale 3 Trailrider1951 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1501
New York City's Congestion Pricing, One Year Later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1050
Amtrak's New Airo Trains Are Ready -- The Maintenance Isn't 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1215
Train derails in southern Mexico, killing 13 and injuring dozens 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1075
Chicago's CTA & Metra About to Revive -- But Here's What Needs Changing 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1086
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