Accidental Passengers
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Accidental Passengers
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Episodes of Accidental Passengers
Mark All
Was it the weather or the vaccine mandate that caused the Southwest Airlines scheduling cluster bleep last week? Also up the TSA finds a record number of weapons at airport checkpoints and Rod Morrison has noticed something about our traffic pa
Waiting for the bus is getting longer and longer with fewer and fewer drivers available. Elon Musk's The Boring Company has completed its first public loop project in Nevada and beware of deer this time of year as car vs Bambi accidents are on
Boston's MBTA has had so many accidents it's ridership is defaulting back to the highways creating massive commuter back-ups. SpaceX launches the first fully civilian tourist crew for a three day orbital excursion, and New York's MTA laid off s
To combat the critical shortage of commercial truck drivers the Biden Administration is proposing a pilot program to license teenage interstate truck drivers. On the west coast, an earthquake detection system allegedly alerts commuter trains to
While the city of Albuquerque supports the idea of free public transit they are worried that zero fare does not equal zero crime. An in Massachusetts the dearth of school bus drivers has forced the Governor to bring in the National Guard to get
Under a new abortion law in the Lone Star state, rideshare drivers can be fined for taking patients to have the procedure. Uber and Lyft say they will cover all fines incurred by drivers under the new regulations. In Japan and Sweden, trial run
Subways in the Northeast, including Boston and New York are flooded by the remains of Hurricane Ida as travel bans in the major cities were called. Two of the wealthiest men in the world are competing to help NASA reclaim space. One of them is
Schools are desperate for bus drivers and are actually resorting to paying parents not to use the service. Southwest Airlines flight crews are exhausted and begging the company for relief, and the Boston "T" may have a new Guinness World Record
Tens of thousands of Americans and U.S. allies are stuck behind Taliban lines in Afghanistan with a military airlift as their only hope of escape. The CDC has extended it's public transit mask mandate for 4 more months, and Tesla's autopilot
Inside the newly passed federal infrastructure bill is a surprise chewy center called a Milage Tax Pilot Program designed to make driving more expensive. A pandemic legacy is infecting our roadways - feral drivers who cant stop speeding. And fi
Spirit Airlines cancelled over two thousand flights last week due to bad weather, staffing issues., fuel shortages and system failures. Can they recover? Great Britain is joining Sweden, Germany and California in piloting electric highways that
Toyota is leading the way in trying to slow our national switch to electric vehicles for two very important reasons. American Airlines says its running out of jet fuel and may have to cut back on flights. And finally, a new poll says seniors ar
The shortage of truck drivers is causing the inflation of food prices, fuel prices and in fact the prices of everything. Experts say transportation of the future will be mobility on demand, and world cruise sellouts have cruise lines thinking t
Rats and other vermin are feasting on high priced Teslas and the company is just shrugging it's shoulders at angry customers. Southwest Airlines is not treating all passengers the same when it comes to buying tickets and MBTA riders have become
A nationwide bus driver shortage is hitting critical mass affecting disabled passengers oft times leaving them stranded. One American Airlines flight was cancelled after a group of Massachusetts teenagers staged a revolt refusing to follow TSA
With air rage incidents sky rocketing, the TSA is restarting self-defense for flight crews. A slew of start ups are making electric air taxis a reality, and the Governors Highway Safety Association has a new report that finds minorities are mor
American Airlines did not bring back enough furloughed pilots to meet post pandemic needs and had to cancel dozens of flights on Fathers Day, public transportation is doing it's bit for the Covid vaccination effort and Boston's MBTA is contempl
Amtrak has some big expansion plans which might be hindered by freight service. Yellowstone is test driving autonomous buses in the park, and Boston's Blue Line is looking at a possibly soggy future.
Transit Agencies are mulling over free rides as they struggle with finding a way to make their services more equitable. Congress finally gets a report on what pilots have known for years - there are unidentified flying objects in our skies, and
Airlines are damaging vital wheelchairs at an alarming rate despite legislation giving them a high duty of care. The Massachusetts Steamship Authority becomes the latest victim in a rash of transit oriented ransomware attacks, and China moves f
A school bus driver cracks under pressure and slaps a child over a face mask. More and more mid-air confrontations and out and out cabin brawls are turning air travel into the not-so-friendly skies. And last but not least, one new airplane com
Ridership is back up on New York's buses, subways and commuter rails but will people go back to pre=pandemic usage? A move is afoot to make so called slow roads, those created during the lockdown to be more pedestrian friendly than car centric
1970's like gas lines appeared this week as drivers in the southeast U.S. found themselves with empty tanks after cyber hackers attacked one of the country's major fuel pipelines. The CDC has all sorts of new guidelines in particular for ocean
A shortage in computer chips is causing a dearth of rental cars which in turn is boosting a boom for ride share and used car sellers. President Biden helps to celebrate Amtrak's 50th birthday, and the TSA says no way to the CDC's partial liftin
The U.S. is falling behind in autonomous car legislation unlike Great Britain where self driving cars have been held in abeyance until the laws catch up. The Boeing 737 Max was back up in the air after a 2 year crash investigation only to get
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