As Coronavirus Quiets Streets, Some Cities Speed Road and Transit Fixes
Eerie drone footage, dispersed block parties, unobstructed wildlife wanderings: The empty streets of the coronavirus era have given rise to all manner of creative...
Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing mass transit systems to the brink – and low-income riders...
Mass transit ridership in Los Angeles and elsewhere has plummeted during the crisis.
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Anyone Feel Like Saving Electric Scooters?
Vultures are circling around shared micromobility.
E-scooter operators like Bird, Lime, Jump, and Spin were confronting financial headwinds even before Covid-19 drastically reduced urban trips...
Oakland’s ‘Slow Streets’ Is an Emergency Measure Long in the Making
Last week, Oakland, California, announced a bold answer to shelter-in-place coronavirus claustrophobia: To create more outdoor space and safer corridors for essential travel by...
The New York Subway Got Caught in the Coronavirus Culture War
On April 13, Jeffrey Harris, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a non-peer-reviewed study with a provocative title: “The Subways Seeded...
Unused £321m trapped on dormant Oyster cards – and time may be running out...
Topping up. shutterstockIt is 15 years since Transport for London (TfL) launched the Oyster card on London’s buses and tube trains, but Oyster hasn’t...
How U.S. Public Transit Can Survive Coronavirus
Public transportation has been in a state of crisis since the coronavirus pandemic began. Ridership in major cities in the U.S., Europe and China...
In New York City, Density Saves Lives, Too
This is part of an ongoing CityLab series on the debate over urban density during the coronavirus crisis. For more, go here.
New York’s...
Paris Has a Plan to Keep Cars Out After Lockdown
Returning to a Paris dominated by cars after lockdown ends is “out of the question,” according to the city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo. Speaking Tuesday...
Will Commuters Ever Go Back to Commuter Trains?
Last year, the fiscal management control board of MBTA, Boston’s regional transit agency, faced a critical decision. With area commuters enduring the worst car...