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Dozens of aging bridges in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in federal…
The world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is coming to San Francisco—and it’ll be free for the first six months
The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase…
After more than a full year of plug-in electric vehicle ownership, through multiple seasons and scenarios, now seems like a…
The German railway system has become a ‘national embarrassment’ amid Euro 2024—and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel
Being punctual is considered synonymous with being German. Yet, Germany’s connective tissue—its national railway system, Deutsche Bahn (BD)—struggles with it. …
For punk rock enthusiasts, NO VALUES 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime single-day lineup. Some of the bands hailed from the early…
New York governor abruptly cancels nation’s first ‘congestion pricing’ system that would have charged drivers entering Manhattan to fund subways
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul halted a plan to charge most motorists $15 to enter the core of Manhattan, upending…
The global electric vehicle market is hot right now. It could get even hotter as it is facing a potential…
Why can’t America have high speed rail? Because our investment is a ‘rounding error’ compared with Europe’s, says Amtrak’s CEO
Across the world, high-speed trains zip from city to city, sometimes topping 250 miles per hour before dropping off hundreds…
Crewmember mistakenly caused the ship’s engine to stall hours before a blackout led to the Baltimore Bridge collapse
The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it…
After getting billions in federal funding, Amtrak is ‘trying to claw 19th century and 20th century assets and pull them into the 21st century,’ CEO says
Every day, several speeding Amtrak trains slow down from a rip-roaring 110 miles per hour to a 30-mile-per-hour crawl as…












