Transportation

Philly’s Zero Fare Transit Program Has Been Extended

July 6, 2026 Pryce Jamison, Next City. Create! Free Transit, Philadelphia, Poverty, Transportation

In 2020, the City of Philadelphia found that 39% of residents living in poverty pointed to transportation as their biggest challenge when finding and sustaining employment. Three years later, the city allocated $62 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to subsidize a two-year pilot of the new Zero Fare Program. The program, which became the country’s largest low-barrier transit program for low-income riders, distributed 25,000 SEPTA Key cards to low-income Philadelphians, allowing them unlimited free rides on SEPTA buses, subways, trolleys, and regional rail lines.

Can Transit Workers Escape The Death Spiral?

June 13, 2026 Paul Prescod, Labor Notes. Strategize! Austerity, Public Transit, Transportation, Unions, Worker Rights

Public transit has been in a deep crisis since the Covid pandemic. Transit systems weren’t adequately funded to begin with. Then, as remote work increased, ridership declined. Now, emergency relief and infrastructure funds passed during the Biden administration have dried up. When transit systems make cuts, service quality declines. As public transit gets dirtier, more dangerous, and less reliable, the public responds by using it less. This “death spiral” is a dream scenario for privatizers, who employ the “four D’s”: Defund, Degrade, Demonize, and Dismantle.

In Bus Factories, A Triple-Decker Win

May 29, 2026 Keith Brower-Brown, Labor Notes. Strategize! The South, Transportation, Unions, Worker Rights

What does it take to unionize factories today, especially in the South? In the last two years, bus manufacturing workers secured first union contracts and a national master agreement across New Flyer facilities in three states. Their strategy shows how, with pressure from transit agencies that buy the buses, union members from organized sites leading outreach to non-union workers, and fighting stewards on the line, workers can unionize plants across a whole company. New Flyer, North America’s largest bus-making company, expanded heavily in the South during the last decade, a common employer strategy to move to areas with few unions, sharp poverty, and racial splits to exploit. About a quarter of its production is electric or hydrogen buses.

North America’s Largest Commuter Rail System Shuts Down As Workers Strike

May 18, 2026 Anna Betts, Portside. Resist! Commuter Train, New York City (NYC), Strikes, Transportation, Worker Rights

North America’s largest commuter rail system was shut down on Saturday after unionized workers in the New York City area went on strike. The Long Island Rail Road that serves the city’s eastern suburbs ceased operations on early Saturday morning after five unions representing about half its workforce walked off the job. The two sides have been negotiating for months on a new contract, and the Trump administration had even interceded to try and broker a deal. But the unions were legally allowed to strike starting at 12.01am on Saturday.

Failed Caracas Transport Strike Orchestrated From Abroad

March 18, 2026 Alba Ciudad, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Right wing extremism, Sabotage, Transportation, Venezuela

Acting president of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez explained that the failed transportation strike in Caracas on Monday was orchestrated by extremist sectors from abroad. Speaking Monday night from Miraflores Palace during a meeting with the Ministry of Education to review the national education plan, Rodríguez lamented that foreign actors continue to influence internal sectors via telephone. “I deeply regret that extremist sectors of the country continue to be activated from abroad, using only a telephone,” she stated [01:17]. The acting president emphasized that the path to stability lies in existing legal and social frameworks.

The Real ‘Problem’ With E-Bikes And New Jersey’s New E-Bike Law

March 8, 2026 Dan Suraci, Next City. Create! EBikes, New Jersey (NJ), Public safety, Transportation

Last month, in reaction to several high-profile fatal crashes, outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy passed the country’s strictest law on e-bike use. The law, which reclassifies e-bikes as vehicles, amounts to an effective ban on e-bikes. Starting in July, all e-bike riders in the state will be required to have a licence and registration, and most will also need an insurance policy. Riders aged 14 and under will be banned from using e-bikes altogether. The new law highlights growing tension between pedestrians, motorists, lawmakers and cyclists. It also misses the mark on the root causes of the e-bike “crisis” in the Garden State.

Trump ‘War Department’ Endangers Everyone Who Flies In US

March 1, 2026 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. Educate! airplanes, Congress, Public safety, Transportation, Trump Administration

Washington—The so-called “War Department” led by Trump-picked Pete Hegseth has made sure that every American boarding any kind of flight in the nation will be exposed to the dangers that brought down a passenger jet and helicopter over the Potomac in the nation’s capital, January 29, 2025, killing everyone on board both flights. Opposition from what President Donald Trump is now calling the “War Department,” formerly the Department of Defense (DOD), grounded a union-backed air safety bill that flew through the Senate in December.

What’s At Stake For Passenger Rail In Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger

February 24, 2026 Mehr Mukhatar, Transportation for America. Educate! Mergers, Passenger trains, Railroads, Transportation

For many Americans, passenger rail is more than just transportation. It connects families, enables workers to reach their jobs, and links small towns to the broader economy. A proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would consolidate freight control over vast portions of the rail network, giving a single operator power over passenger rail access, reliability, and future expansion. If left unchecked, this multibillion-dollar deal could reshape the national rail network in ways that undermine mobility and economic opportunity for the communities that rely on it most.

Chicago Budget Fight: Corporate Interests Clash With Working-Class

December 22, 2025 Gabriel Miller, Fight Back! News. Resist! Chicago, Housing, Illinois, SNAP, Transportation

Chicago, IL – Corporate-backed alderpersons pushed through an unbalanced budget to avoid taxing big businesses on Saturday, December 20, but conceded important measures after sustained pressure from working-class Chicagoans. The final budget package, championed by conservative council members, promises to sell to private debt collectors nearly $100 million debt from water bills, parking tickets and ambulance fees. It also increases liquor and gambling taxes and sells city spaces for advertising. These measures, which have been assessed as fiscally irresponsible by the city’s budget experts, are the last ditch effort by the group of oppositional alderpersons who have fought to avoid instituting a corporate head tax, in which the largest 3% of corporations would pay less than a thousandth of a percent of their profits based on the number of workers they employ.

Railroad Barons Launch An Astroturf Campaign For Their Mega-Merger

October 14, 2025 Brett Heinz, Revolving Door Project Newsletter. Educate! Astroturfing, Mergers, Railroads, Transportation

The power of railroad monopolies was one of most fraught political issues in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rampant political corruption, fraud, violations of workers’ rights, inefficiencies, and inflated prices were an endemic feature of monopolistic control over our national transportation system. So bad was the rail companies’ behavior that the first ever regulatory agency in US history was created specifically to monitor their abuses. At the center of many of these controversies was Union Pacific (UP), a company whose actions played an important role in shaping early antitrust policy. Flash forward to today, and that same company is back at it again.

Residents Built A $10,000 Bike Lane In Atlanta

September 28, 2025 Aysha Kahn, Next City. Create! Atlanta, Bikes, Transportation, Urban Design

In 2020, city planning and transportation officials in Atlanta launched a tactical urbanism program to enable neighborhood groups to lead and fund alternative street design and safety changes through low-cost, temporary interventions. “These projects are often used to advance longer-term goals related to street safety and the design of public spaces,” the city explains in its tactical urbanism guide. “Tactical urbanism is temporary in nature, using tactical materials while demonstrating the potential of long-term change.” The 20th project under this initiative was just completed: turning street parking on one side of Virgina Avenue NE into a pop-up, protected, two-way bike lane, connecting a local high school and elementary school.

Make Trains Great Again For The Sake Of People And The Planet

September 24, 2025 Nature. Create! climate crisis, Environment, health, Railroads, Transportation

What if there were a technology that could help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, air pollution and environmental degradation, while improving health, reducing social inequality and boosting economic growth? There is, and this month it turns 200. The opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in northeast England on 27 September 1825 is generally considered to be the birth of the modern railway — an event that set in motion a revolution in human mobility and social organization. Initially, the railways enjoyed breakneck expansion, but since the mid-twentieth century, railway development in most countries has hit the buffers, and been overtaken by growth in road and air travel.

Public Transit ‘Death Spiral’: A Warning For Other Underfunded Cities

September 9, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Resist! Inequality, Philadelphia, Poverty, Public Transit, Public transportation, Racism, SEPTA, Transportation

Philadelphia’s transit system plunged into crisis on August 24, when the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) slashed bus, trolley, subway, and Regional Rail service by 20%. SEPTA eliminated 32 bus routes, shortened 16 more, and reduced the frequency of other bus and train lines. The crisis occurred as a result of state lawmakers failing to close a USD 213 million budget gap. The funding standoff left the city’s 746,500 SEPTA riders stranded and pushed the nation’s sixth-largest transit agency toward what officials call a “death spiral” – which has deeply impacted the disproportionately Black and lower-income SEPTA ridership.

Chicagoans Call On Pritzker To Fund Transit, Other Public Services

July 16, 2025 Kobi Guillory, Fight Back! News. Resist! Austerity, Budget Cuts, Chicago, State Legislatures, Transportation

Chicago, IL – “We are here to demand that Governor JB Pritzker live up to his promise of standing up against the cuts and the cruelty of the Trump administration,” Chicago Teachers Union member Jesse Bostic said to the hundreds of people who rallied in Daley Plaza on Saturday afternoon, July 12. Better Streets Chicago organized the protest in response to the Illinois government’s failure to secure funding necessary to prevent 40% service cuts to public transportation. “This fight isn't just about buses and trains, it's about workers having dignity, it's about students being able to get to school. Let's build a system that shows up like we do,” said Jose Manuel Almanza, with Equicity Chicago.

Maglev Isn’t The Transit Future Our Cities Need

July 5, 2025 Martin Mitchell, Next City. Educate! MagLev, Maryland, Transportation, wealth inequality

Like many Marylanders, I want a faster, more reliable way to get around. But speed without equity, sustainability, or connection to real community needs isn’t progress — it’s just a flashy detour. The proposed Superconducting Maglev (SCMaglev) train between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore is being marketed as a bold leap forward in transportation. In reality, it risks becoming another expensive infrastructure project that bypasses the people it claims to serve. For nearly a decade, I’ve followed the SCMaglev proposal through public meetings, community briefings and presentations to elected bodies. Its proponents have promised everything from reduced traffic congestion to job creation to futuristic innovation.

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