In the grand scheme of urban mobility, it’s easy to lose track of commercial freight movement. Commuters are the primary source of traffic coming into and out of the city, and parking causes much of the street-to-street congestion within it. Fact is, says transport scholar Genevieve Giuliano of the University of Southern California, it’s so… READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (MNI) – The volume of freight carried on U.S. railroads so far this year indicates only a moderate increase in demand for most industrial commodities, supporting the view the economy is growing but at a lackluster rate, rail industry executives told MNI. Total carloads edged up by just 0.6% in the week ended May… READ MORE »

President Obama has noted several times recently that the U.S. doesn’t have a “top 25” airport. But there’s many ways to judge an airport and he’s missing the main point, Eno Transportation’s Joshua Shank wrote to MT. To continue reading, click here.

HANSON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) announced today that Secretary Norman Mineta has joined Health Discovery Corporation’s Board of Directors. “The addition of Secretary Norman Mineta to our Board of Directors brings a major resource and additional expertise to our company,” said John A. Norris, J.D., M.B.A, CEO of Health Discovery Corporation. “We’re thrilled… READ MORE »

It was fun while it lasted. Now please report to the nearest autonomous hovercraft and enjoy the future. Driving is dying; it’s just going to take decades to kill the beast. According to a study released today by U.S. PIRG and Frontier Group, American driving seems to have peaked, and is unlikely to return to… READ MORE »

During a congressional hearing late last year, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Rep. Jeff Denham, a Republican representing California’s Central Valley, got into a testy exchange. At issue was the administration’s much-ballyhooed High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program, and more specifically, its marquee project: the federally supported San Francisco-Los Angeles line set to begin construction… READ MORE »

Unlike every other major city in the United States, New York City does not allow drivers to turn right on red, unless there’s a sign at the intersection indicating otherwise. But while rights on red in New York City are hard to come by, lefts on red are pretty much unheard of. Except in Broad… READ MORE »

To help bolster industry-wide recruitment of a younger workforce, a group of academic, transportation and government officials are drafting a standard curriculum that would teach college students the basics of public transportation. Since 2011, the National Transit Curriculum Advisory Committee — an Eno Center of Transportation affiliate — has been developing a semester-long course that… READ MORE »

Weak coal and grain traffic negatively impacted total U.S. carloadings in April while intermodal traffic continued to gain momentum. For the month, carloads totaled 1,108,722, down 0.4 percent, and intermodal volume reached 962,019 units, up 1.6 percent compared with April 2012 levels, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). April’s weekly average of 240,505… READ MORE »