In 2022, the federal government investigated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the agency in charge of both Boston’s metro system and its regional rail network. The results were damning. As a result of decades of neglect and de...
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In 2022, the federal government investigated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the agency in charge of both Boston’s metro system and its regional rail network. The results were damning. As a result of decades of neglect and de...
Written, produced, hosted, and edited by Allan Wang (’28) A video exploring RIPTA’s current issues, potential future improvements, and the impact a stronger transit system could have on Rhode Island’s future....
Written, produced, hosted, and edited by Allan Wang (’28) A video exploring RIPTA’s current issues, potential future improvements, and the impact a stronger transit system could have on Rhode Island’s future....
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they can easily imagine that the city has always been like this. However, as recently as 15 years ago, the waterfront l...
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they can easily imagine that the city has always been like this. However, as recently as 15 years ago, the waterfront l...
Referred to as “the single most important infrastructure project not only for this region but for the entire nation” by Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Phil Murphy of New Jersey, the Gateway Development Program attempts to rebuild deterior...
Referred to as “the single most important infrastructure project not only for this region but for the entire nation” by Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Phil Murphy of New Jersey, the Gateway Development Program attempts to rebuild deterior...
Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s hypermodern transit system is considered one of the best in the world, a trip to small Tegel or Schönefeld Airports ...
Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s hypermodern transit system is considered one of the best in the world, a trip to small Tegel or Schönefeld Airports ...
Gregory H. Shill is a law professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. His recent work, including Should Law Subsidize Driving? (forthcoming in the NYU Law Review), has focused on transportation law and policy. Over the summer, he pu...
Gregory H. Shill is a law professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. His recent work, including Should Law Subsidize Driving? (forthcoming in the NYU Law Review), has focused on transportation law and policy. Over the summer, he pu...
There is a fascinating irony about the way that humans go about constructing streets: Boulevard after boulevard is paved not for people, but for their cars, trucks, and buses. Our vehicle-centric transit worldview is so deeply ingrained that in the E...
There is a fascinating irony about the way that humans go about constructing streets: Boulevard after boulevard is paved not for people, but for their cars, trucks, and buses. Our vehicle-centric transit worldview is so deeply ingrained that in the E...
America’s passenger rail is struggling. American rail is far slower, more expensive and less reliable than its global counterparts. American rail fare is almost twice as much per mile as that of Europe; even so, those trips almost always average sl...
America’s passenger rail is struggling. American rail is far slower, more expensive and less reliable than its global counterparts. American rail fare is almost twice as much per mile as that of Europe; even so, those trips almost always average sl...
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx previously served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected to Charlotte Cit...
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx previously served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected to Charlotte Cit...
While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in Berlin expressed his annoyance with the idea of ride sharing. Since the practice, as far as he knew, was illegal i...
While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in Berlin expressed his annoyance with the idea of ride sharing. Since the practice, as far as he knew, was illegal i...
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t, they should have. The Ethiopian government partnered with two Chinese companies to bring a much-needed mass ...
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t, they should have. The Ethiopian government partnered with two Chinese companies to bring a much-needed mass ...
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life in most metropolitan areas, but wrongly so. Around the nation, a transportation crisis stems from a surplus of p...
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life in most metropolitan areas, but wrongly so. Around the nation, a transportation crisis stems from a surplus of p...