Metro a misplaced mobility option to suburbs, try Regional Rapid Transit System, say experts

Metro a misplaced mobility option to suburbs, try Regional Rapid Transit System, say experts

The RRTS system unlike the Metro, caters to commuters travelling relatively longer distances with fewer stops and at higher speed. It also differs from conventional trains by providing reliable, high-frequency, point-to-point regional travel along a dedicated pathway Should the low-capacity, low-speed, hugely expensive Metro rail system be extended to the far-flung suburbs and the adjacent … Read more

Judge Strikes Down Biden Mask Mandate for Planes, Transit

Judge Strikes Down Biden Mask Mandate for Planes, Transit

April 18, 2022 – A federal judge in Florida has struck down the Biden administration’s mandate that travelers on airlines, buses, trains, and other public transit wear masks. The mandate, enacted in February 2021, is unconstitutional because Congress never granted the CDC the power to create such a requirement, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle … Read more

Mask Mandate for Planes, Public Transit Extended to April 18

Mask Mandate for Planes, Public Transit Extended to April 18

March 10, 2022 Passengers on airliners and public transportation will be required to wear face masks at least until April 18, the Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday. TSA’s mask mandate, imposed to help stop the spread of COVID-19, had been scheduled to expire March 18. The rule went into effect in February 2021 and was … Read more

Is It Safe Again to Take the Bus or Subway?

Is It Safe Again to Take the Bus or Subway?

Alex Marshall, columnist, Governing magazine; book author, New York City. David Levine, science writer, New York City. William Hanage, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Tech; expert on aerosol transmission of viruses, Blacksburg, VA. Mass Transit: “New York … Read more