Public Transportation 
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SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
4/27/2023
Who's Really to Blame for America's Lousy Transit Systems?
Historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom says that American politicians, especially at the municipal level, made a series of choices that diverted resources from mass transit to auto transportation. Neither racism nor the market nor secret conspiracies by industry made these choices inevitable.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
1/27/2021
How the New Orleans Streetcar Revival Left Bus Riders Behind
A number of historical dynamics, including racial segregation and the growth of a tourist economy, account for decisions in the Crescent City that have refurbished a fraction of the old streetcar system at high cost while ignoring the health of bus systems that poor and working residents depend on, says NOLA transit historian Kevin McQueeney.
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