Kat Aaron

Five percent of Americans who moved between 2012 and 2013 did so to make their commute easier.

WNYC has been closely tracking traffic deaths in 2014 by exhaustively surveying multiple data sets. City tallies of traffic fatalities are significantly lower than our numbers.

We answered your questions on Vision Zero, pedestrian safety, wearing headphones while riding a bike and what we're learning about traffic deaths across the city.

Transportation Nation's Kat Aaron and WNYC Data News producer Jenny Ye are doing a reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") today at 11 a.m. ET on when and why traffic deaths happen in NYC.

GM is under fire for another delayed recall. No LIRR strike this summer. Another rescue diver dies exploring the sunken South Korean ferry. How to avoid enraging European commuters wh...

Mayor de Blasio had made upping the number of speed cameras near schools a key part of his push for traffic safety. But a WNYC investigation shows that the most dangerous time to be o...

New York's bikeshare system turns one on May 27th. But after the bankruptcy of a key supplier, persistent software problems, and a stalled expansion, the path forward is far from clear.

For the third month in a row, tickets for the most dangerous moving violations are up citywide. But some precincts are lagging. 

New York police are launching a 48-hour speed ticketing blitz, with fines from $90 to $600.

The changes come in response to a scathing report from federal regulators, which found that Metro-North had a “deficient safety culture” and emphasized on-time arrivals over safety and maintenance.

Fatal crashes on commuter railroads are rare. But for people who work in transportation, deep exhaustion is common. “Two-thirds of the train operators and one-half of the pilots said ...

A fiery crash is sparking calls for more oversight of the hot air balloon industry. Drones are flying around in a "free for all."  Queens might get dedicated bus lanes. Philly's on-tr...

Mayor de Blasio’s executive budget, released yesterday, puts some numbers to the Vision Zero plan. The fiscal details come after months of questions from the City Council and transit ...

Portland, Oregon, had the most bike commuters – more than six percent. Which shouldn't surprise anyone who's watched Portlandia. And while more people are biking to work overall, most...

Almost every speaker at the marathon City Council hearing expressed strong support for the Vision Zero plan to reduce traffic deaths. But with 22 pieces of legislation on the table, a...

Drivers who hit pedestrians in crosswalks could get jail time, under a bill before the City Council. That’s just one of the twenty-two traffic safety measures being considered by ci...

Loopholes and lax enforcement were factors in the Korean ferry disaster, Detroit bridges are "structurally deficient," Metro-North settles some derailment lawsuits, and NYC's young ma...

Almost 2,000 of the 4,628 workplace fatalities that year involved some kind of moving vehicle: a car, truck, boat, plane, train, even “animals used for transportation purposes.”

More than 8,000 buses cross the Hudson every weekday, bringing New Jersey commuters into Manhattan. But once buses get in to the city, there’s no place for them to park.

The city's newly appointed Taxi and Limousine Commissioner says poor driving habits need to be unlearned—and the city is getting ready to school bad drivers.