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

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 jump carries into a third month. Plus the Penn Station deal, the Key Bridge settlement, and the FAA's Reagan National admission.

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 lowest rate in a decade. How spiking oil prices will affect shipping and traffic. Automakers want to kill the federal gas tax. California high-speed rail balloons to $125 billion. Maryland fires the Key Bridge contractor. New Jersey Transit wants $150 for a World Cup ride. And Amtrak is suing the MTA over Penn Station, again.

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 the state. DART cuts a deal to survive, Chicago sues the feds, LA picks a route to Hollywood, and pedestrian deaths are finally turning around.

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 in San Francisco may not be so lucky. And are Waymo taxis actually safer?

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 fighting halting a critical New York-New Jersey train tunnel project, and the quiet death of a Minnesota commuter rail line. Go more in-depth with the longer FAST TRACK podcast, exclusively for contributors at patreon.com/RoadGuyRob [https://patreon.com/RoadGuyRob]