Transportation News from Road Guy Rob

SkyLink Snag, Runway Rescue, Bridge Bikers

Boulder votes to keep its airport instead of building housing on it. The Gordie Howe Bridge finally opens to bikes and pedestrians. LAX's people mover is 99.6% done and s

Cut Ribbons, Cut Bike Lanes, Cut Speeding

The Gordie Howe Bridge finally opens, but Americans were kicked out of the party. The White House sends Congress a wish list: kill the transit account and tear out some b

Bridge Stalled, Robots Beered, and a Rock Blown Up

A finished, ribbon-ready bridge between Detroit and Windsor is staying closed indefinitely, and Canada wants to know why. Sidewalk-mapping robots in Hollister get attacke

Spirit Scrapped, Pumps Paused, and a Bullet Bus

California floats a 140mph bus down I-5 (not a joke). Spirit's repossessed planes get flown to the Arizona desert. And states scramble to pause gas taxes after the prices

Cutting O'Hare, Saving D.C. Bikes, $150 Transit Fare

O'Hare is cutting 300 flights a day this summer after some stern words from the FAA. A federal judge saved a D.C. bike lane from getting paved over. Road deaths hit their

Penn Station's Plot, Seattle Floats Trains, Indiana's $84 Toll

Madison Square Garden might have to move so Penn Station can make a comeback. Seattle just put a railroad on a floating bridge. Indiana wants truckers to pay $84 to cross

BART's Doom, DART's Bargain, Waymo Safety

Oregon is still wrestling with a transportation funding crisis. Lawmakers now want to move the tax referendum from November to May. DART in Dallas dodges a bullet. BART i

135 Snowplows, a $5 Billion Tunnel Fight, and a Dead Commuter Line

Crews had a lot of work to dig out the South from the historic winter storm at the end of January. On this episode we look at FAA spending and staffing, political fightin