Transportation
From self-driving cars to subways: how transportation — and the related policies — impacts our lives around the world.
This is why the US can’t have nice things.
America’s EV charging station infrastructure is woefully lacking.
To truly change the game and reach the mass market, electric vehicles need to be much cheaper.
Ride-sharing companies are pushing to make a third category of “independent” worker the law of the land. Drivers say the notion of independence is little more than a mirage.
Have you seen that high-speed rail map on Twitter? Gen Z is hoping President Biden has.
Highway expansion projects don’t do what you might think they do.
Transit officials in Boston, New York, and DC are reducing service, eliminating routes, and laying off employees to shrink budgets.
Financing, policy, and private sector tools can fund vehicle costs and new charging infrastructure.
The jets had been grounded since March 2019 after two deadly crashes.
In a victory for companies like Uber and Lyft, California will classify ride-hailing drivers as independent contractors.
Airlines offering Covid-19 testing show us what the future of flying might look like.
Self-driving cars were expected to roll out by 2021. Here’s what we need to solve and build first.
Trump entered the White House promising to roll back rules. The pandemic has given him the perfect chance to do that.
Places like Minneapolis, Chicago, and DC have imposed limits on transit systems after hours.
Demand for bikes is surging, but the supply chain is still catching up.
The company documented nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in two years.
How will the companies react to California’s new regulations? Ask Austin.
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Kraus says the rocky debuts of the ride-hailing giants on Wall Street have not scared Lime away from an eventual IPO.
Bastian talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey about improving the customer experience, facial recognition, and Delta employees’ attempts to unionize.
Several California drivers told Recode they signed messages from Lyft and Ubers asking politicians to support their job flexibility, without realizing they were campaigning against being classified as employees.
Flirting with danger on the open road is as old as, well, motoring itself.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian will sit for a Code interview with Kara Swisher and Jason Del Rey on Tuesday.
The company’s customers aren’t very loyal, so Uber is slashing prices.
As the company continues to reduce drivers’ pay, they’ll make their frustrations heard.
Congestion pricing is coming to New York City soon. And it works — just look at London.
This could speed up the process for other companies to get the FAA’s okay.
Airlines have embraced blue lighting to upgrade the flying experience.
And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really “self-driving.”
It’s the most important tech IPO in five years.
A bigger problem than a software update.
But not if you compare them to the mass-market cars Tesla wants to sell.
It’s more than bad software.
What is Uber? It’s an amalgamation of a bunch of Ubers of other countries.
Seattle Times: Boeing and FAA cut corners to get the 737 Max into service before deadly crashes.
Everyone wants a low-cost SUV.
And the SEC isn’t playing around.
America’s favorite budget carrier is in the middle of an “operational emergency.”
Audi will be one-third electric by 2025. Also, here’s a ghost to tell you about it.
It’s a season of change in the leadership ranks of what was once the hot new thing.
But that doesn’t mean we’ll stop buying them.