Transportation Policy

Transportation Policy

Book cover titled "The End of Driving: Automated Cars, Robotaxis, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility" by Bern Grush, John S. Niles, and Andrew Miller, Second Edition.
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
A sleek supersonic jet labeled "Overture" by Boom flies above the clouds against a clear blue sky.
"You’ll be able to fly twice as fast as a Boeing or Airbus, and it’ll be like the cost of flying business today."
An old map displaying the Pan American Highway route through the Americas.
The Pan-American Highway began a century ago with a vision of unfettered motor-vehicle access between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego. What happened to the dream?
a drone flying over a forest with trees in the background.
The $300,000 Model A is a true flying car — it can be driven on roads as well as flown in the air. And it's one step closer to your garage.
a crowd of people walking down a city street.
Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.
a map with a red line on it.
Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.
a map of a city with red areas.
Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."
Atlantic Ocean liner
For centuries, the only way to travel between the Old and New World was through ships like the RMS Lusitania. Experiences varied wildly depending on your income.
flight shame
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
peljesac bridge
A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.
More than 150 companies are developing flying cars. Here's why they're aren't yet off the ground and darting across city skies.
From Amazon to the US Army, everybody wants one (or 150).
Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022.
Wyoming's roads are nine times deadlier than Ireland's. California's road safety is on par with Romania's.