Transportation costs

Ridership has risen 31 percent since the mid-1990s—meriting more government support, not less.

The 18-mile Intercounty Connector in central Maryland charges peak-hour tolls of up to $4, and that's only the beginning of the costs.

Unless Congress acts by Dec. 31, workers will get a bigger tax benefit for parking expenses than for taking the bus or train to their jobs. 

The state's leaders are rallying around the plan for a 520-mile high-speed rail line despite big political and fiscal obstacles.

Transit projects and operations triumphed in voting around the US, though sometimes by tiny margins.

Motorists in greater Vancouver will likely pay an extra 2 cents a liter for gasoline to build a new transit line and support other transit projects .

A series on the Envision Baltimore website explores how to make transit popular and widely embraced. One tactic: dedicated lanes for buses (and bikes).

More than a quarter of the households in the nation's capital don't own cars. Young people in DC are seeing less reason to drive.

Because of Americans in their twenties — and some older people as well — planners must start paying closer attention to nonmotorized mobility and transit.