The number of Citi Bike docking stations out of service for more than four hours has dropped markedly, a WNYC Data News analysis shows. The system is still experiencing problems. But after we wrote about this last week, the percentage of stations out of service for four or ...

When New York's MTA closes the three northernmost stations on the G line later this summer, riders may have commuting options beyond shuttle buses: the transit agency is in talks with Citi Bike about the expansion of the city's bike share system to the affected areas.

The busiest bike lane in the District of Columbia will be repaved this summer.

Monday's derailment near New York Penn Station has thrown a very large wrench into Tuesday's commute. Rail networks are fighting a federal requirement to install anticrash systems by the end of 2015. Vancouver is a North American bike commute leader. And: a 'flying train' concept, unveiled.

Bike sharing is coming to San Francisco and Silicon Valley this August. It’s being launched on a small scale at first -- just 750 bikes in the whole system. But the city is turning to the public to help them plan the system's expansion.

A sight you do not want to see in the morning as you're walking down Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn toward the L train subway stop is a long line of commuters outside the local livery cab dispatch station. It can only mean one thing: the trains aren't moving. That's what ...

Speeding is rampant in Brooklyn, according to a new study from the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives. When surveyors clocked the speed of passing cars on Brooklyn neighborhood streets, they found 88 percent were breaking the posted limit. 

China will move 250 million rural residents into cities over the next dozen years. The bike lobby is real. JFK Airport is building a barrier to keep turtles off the runways. And: what it takes to deep-clean a Chicago city bus.

BART has asked a state mediator to step in and helps the stalled labor talks between the Bay Area transit agency and its five unions. The mediator, whom unions have welcomed, is scheduled to start next week. The current labor contract expires on June 30th. 

Unauthorized changes to the Silver Line's safety systems were called "alarming" by the head of the FTA. A NJ Transit bus driver got lost for two hours. California's high-speed rail line can begin construction without more federal review. And: check out an X-Y axis of where NYC's mayoral candidates stand ...

Barclays was designed for public transit, but some visitors have a distinct preference for getting there behind the wheel: to wit, fans of Barbra Streisand and Andrea Bocelli.

Bogota is fighting a rise in pedestrian deaths. Three-hour lines at U.S. Customs checkpoints aren't uncommon at airports. New York's City Council wants Albany to move on speed camera legislation. And: Stephen Colbert would rather be conveyed by "four stout eunuchs" than by bike.

Tech companies are complaining. A D.C. Council member is urging restraint. And now the Federal Trade Commission is asking the D.C. Taxicab Commission to be careful when it comes to weighing new regulations for app-based hailing services reshaping Washington's vehicle-for-hire industry.

After years of study, D.C.'s transportation department implemented traffic calming measures on one stretch of road. But following complaints by a council member, the city reversed direction and returned the road to its old condition, angering residents who say the city bowed to political pressure.

During the next big storm, NJ Transit will store rail cars at yards in Linden and Garwood -- not the Meadowlands or Hoboken.

(Tim Akimoff, WBEZ) This summer was supposed to be the summer of the giant bike share launches.  New York's started on Memorial Day, but with lots of bugs. Now Chicago's is being delayed, by two weeks.

One-third of designated drivers actually drink before driving. Chicago delayed its bike share rollout. St. Louis transit workers voted to authorize a strike. D.C.'s Metro has a complicated relationship with Twitter. And: the TSA held up the actor who played Chewbacca in "Star Wars" because he had a light saber-inspired ...

Last week we answered questions about New York City's newest class of taxi. But there were some follow-ups.

As New York's legislative session draws to a close, there's one piece of unfinished business bugging transit watchers: the nagging lack of a confirmation hearing for the new head of Metropolitan Transportation Authority. But that could be changing.