Transportation

Take me home, self-driving Prius.

Pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. have skyrocketed 46% since 2009, creating an emerging public health crisis as researchers grasp to understand the reasons.

One could point to the antitransit blitz funded by Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, including messages like "Highest Sales Tax in the Nation AND It Won’t Fix Traffic."

For its part, Uber imagines using vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft to carry people around urban centers.

Transit X’s plan would set up fast-moving, solar-powered personal transit units to whisk you anywhere you wanted to go.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said almost all tickets — more than 9 out of 10 — are now purchased online or using Amtrak’s telephone ticket sale service, so the passenger rail service is eliminating some ticket offices.

The program marks the first time that Texans will have access to an on-demand self-driving car service on public roads.

One big reason that Americans are becoming more likely to consider buying an electric car: concerns about running out of electricity are diminishing.

It’s obsolete and costs taxpayers billions, yet its ridership and productivity continue to decline.

"If autonomous cars can reach the millions of people who live beyond the city and are unable to pilot their own vehicles, they will be uniquely capable of providing mobility to those who have very few alternatives."