Transportation Alternatives

Honda Motocompacto Review: Maybe you’ve ridden a desk, how about a briefcase?

The fold-up electric scooter is a delightful diversion

Shipping giants turn to wind to cut emissions and fuel use

Thousands of sail-equipped cargo ships will be coming online this decade

Honda's new Motocompacto scooter is the spiritual successor to the 1980s Motocompo

It offers 12 miles of range and folds to the size of a briefcase

VanMoof makes a move: Lavoie acquires the e-bike startup out of bankruptcy and plans to relaunch it

It plans to invest in VanMoof and relaunch the business

U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels

Cruise division would put 2,500 vehicles per year without human controls on the road

Uber wants to make it 'absolutely effortless' for drivers and passengers to go green

'Driving emissions to zero I believe is the defining challenge of our generation'

Waymo, Uber set aside past rift over tech to team up on robotaxis in Phoenix

Five years after the two companies spent millions battling each other in court

France to spend 2 billion euros to boost bicycle use

'This visionary initiative will ... transform the way our citizens commute and live'

Waymo driverless car goes viral after police officer directed it to pull over

'We're sorry, this car won't let us move!'

One-minute battery swaps are spurring EV adoption in Asia

Companies like Gogoro are proving that 2- and 3-wheelers are well suited to swaps

Parisians vote to ban electric scooter sharing in the French capital

About 90% of voters were against shared e-scooters

New York City trying to find a solution to e-scooter and e-bike battery fires

Batteries caused 216 fires, 147 injuries, and six deaths in 2022

Widening crowded highways: Bigger isn't better

The New York Times looks at why widening doesn't work but why we still do it anyway

Icoma shows off a suitcase-sized electric Transformer-style motorbike

It's more than meets the eye -- but not much more

Amtrak ridership jumps by 10 million riders

Ridership has nearly returned to pre-COVID-19 levels

Lyft's app now lets you request a tow truck and schedule maintenance

You can get your car fixed, not just hail a ride

Lyft, Motional to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles

Motional uses autonomous Hyundai Ioniq 5 EVs for its service

Electric air taxi company Archer plans $118M Georgia factory

It will reveal a production model on Wednesday, and the Air Force has shown interest

Electric school bus fleet grows in California, but some say not fast enough

Government funding boosts supply of EV buses for California schools

Lyft's app now lets you reserve and pay for a parking spot

It teamed with SpotHero to let you find the closest parking available