In a word: history

Transit X’s plan would set up fast-moving, solar-powered personal transit units to whisk you anywhere you wanted to go.

Traveling to China can often feel like visiting the future. Nowhere is this feeling more apparent than when you encounter China’s high-speed railway...

"Is that an attack?" the cab driver asked, ducking. No, it's just another bus exploding.

To the farming families of Switzerland’s Engelberg region, cable cars aren’t built for ski holidays and scenic views. They’re vital to daily life.

While they were at it, they found the longest straight path you could drive without hitting water.

Yes, it’s the drivers who have to be more careful and not the people who are glued to their device.

The road of the future is likely to become the brain and nerve center of an autonomous-driving revolution.

A 200-year-old dream might finally become a reality under China’s Belt and Road. Thailand’s Kra Canal: China’s Way Around the Malacca Strait. By Rhea Menon.

Ride-hailing apps and robot cars promise to change how we get around and the effects are already being felt.

Drivers already know upfront pricing typically doesn't work in our favor. But what is upfront pricing, or variations of it, looking like for passengers? We had frequent traveler and RSG contributor Will analyze how Uber charges frequent riders.

Frontal view of the Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport

New Zealand has opened its skies to self-piloted electric planes financed by one of Google’s founders.

The evidence that it will deliver on its central promise by using a network of subterranean tunnels to mitigate traffic appears to be sparse.

The robotic Segway Loomo hoverboard is here to give you a lift, assuming you can afford it.

AirFish-8 combines technology from aviation and marine craft to create a machine that can glide above water, all while using a V8 car engine.

Researchers at MIT said 30 percent of Uber and Lyft drivers are actually losing money after taking car expenses into account, while most drivers earn less than minimum wage.

They could actually make cities much worse.

Transportation problems routinely stymie people when it comes to keeping medical appointments. According to a 2006 study, 3.6 million people miss doctor visits every year because they have trouble getting to the clinic or office. But does removing some transportation barriers enable patients to keep their appointments? Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania recently conducted a study to learn just that.

A high-speed Amtrak train carrying more than 50 people decoupled on Tuesday as it traveled northward in Maryland, causing no injuries but highlighting concerns about the U.S. passenger carrier's safety record after a series of accidents.