Category: Transit Systems

  • Price of Japan Rail Pass to Increase

    After decades without a significant increase, the price of the passes is jumping by as much as 76 percent. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still a good value, if you know how to use them.

  • What We Saw on the Beyoncé Express

    Dressed in their “Renaissance” best, fans flooded New Jersey Transit to catch the superstar’s pair of performances at MetLife Stadium this weekend.

  • L.A. by Subway

    The newly expanded subway may not go everywhere, but for $5 a day it offers a gridlock-free way to get to plenty of great places.

  • L.A. by Subway

    The newly expanded subway may not go everywhere, but for $5 a day it offers a gridlock-free way to get to plenty of great places.

  • E.V. Ride-Sharing Programs Bring Cleaner Transportation to Low-Income Communities

    An innovative E.V. ride-sharing program is bringing low-cost clean transportation to an agricultural town in California’s Central Valley. Others are following suit.

  • A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line

    The new rail line lets travelers leave the city’s tourist-clogged core and embark on fast, inexpensive journeys to fascinating outer-London destinations, from a bustling market town to a hub of South Asian culture.

  • How to Plan Around Strikes in Europe

    Across Europe, workers have been walking out over pay disputes and labor conditions, and the turmoil will extend into the summer travel season. But they don’t have to disrupt your trip.

  • ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford to Join Amtrak

    The New York Times – Business:

    Mr. Byford, whom transit riders nicknamed “Train Daddy” and credited with improving an antiquated system, will run Amtrak’s new high-speed rail development program.

  • Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere

    The New York Times – Business:

    The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.

  • Gauging Our Return to Office and the Subways, One Tip at a Time

    The New York Times – Music:

    It has been over a year since buskers, and their music, returned underground, and their slightly fuller tip jars and instrument cases suggest things may be looking up.

  • Savoring Oregon’s Wine Country, No Driving Required

    The New York Times – Travel:

    In the Willamette Valley, public transportation takes you to McMinnville, where you can walk to one, or all, of its nearly 20 tasting rooms.