I talk with Richard Morrison about public transit’s century-long decline in the U.S., why so few Americans use transit today, how federal transit law prevents better transit, and how to think realistically about the role of transit in the 21st century: cei.org/blog/free-the-…

Waymo has doubled the number of weekly paid trips it provides since May.

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transit labor productivity saw some recovery in 2022 but is still uniquely unproductive when compared to other modes of transportation. As I explained in June congressional testimony, Section 13(c) needs to be repealed: reason.org/testimony/cong…

In my latest biannual review of federal transportation regulatory policy Reason Foundation, I examine two new automation rulemaking projects against the backdrop of the election. Does a possible Harris administration embrace automation or extend the Biden freeze? reason.org/commentary/reg…

The N.Y./N.J. airspace chaos is causing major U.S. flight delays, and politicians are making it worse. reason.com/2024/08/23/how…

Yes! Respect for individual rights means respecting your neighbors’ right to have as many drugs and firearms they want as long as they don’t infringe upon on the rights of others. “I may not like it, but there shouldn’t be a law against it,” is the American libertarian ethic.

If elected president, Kamala Harris’ administration would be faced with a choice: embrace the safety and economic benefits of transportation automation or continue the Biden regulatory policies that range from opposition to inaction. My latest Reason Foundation: reason.org/commentary/reg…

The planned eVTOL reveal at the Paris Olympics didn’t happen, but developers hope to showcase electric air taxis at the 2028 LA Olympics. To that end, Archer Aviation announced initial vertiport plans, but faces policy uncertainty. My latest Reason Foundation: reason.org/aviation-polic…

FUNKO POPS ARE KILLING THE PLANET

In Reason Foundation's latest Surface Transportation Innovations newsletter, I review a provocative (and provocatively titled!) new book *The Real Case for Driverless Mobility* by Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and longtime transportation consultant Michael Sena: reason.org/transportation…

Excellent reporting by Tim. Other ADS developers should follow Waymo’s lead on transparency if they wish to establish credible safety cases.

Some observations on U.S. commuting trends in the American Community Survey 1-year: - Carpooling has recovered to pre-COVID levels - Transit ridership remains depressed and recovery isn't accelerating - Work from home's commute share continued to fall but is still 4x transit's

Urbanist utopias are nowhere in sight. Hopefully the next administration under Harris or Trump treats transportation as a means to an end, rather than some fluffy utopian social engineering effort that’s bound to fail, like it did under Biden and Buttigieg.

Following a recent congressional hearing, I was given the opportunity to correct the record on what a 2001 GAO study found on the impacts of Section 13(c) transit worker labor protections on transit productivity, which is being mischaracterized by unions: reason.org/testimony/reve…