Trams, Cable Cars, Electric Ferries: How Cities Are Rethinking Transit

Urban transportation is central to the effort to slow climate change. It can’t be done by just switching to electric cars. Several cities are starting to electrify mass transit.

Lone Survivor of Italian Cable Car Crash Is Subject of Custody Battle

The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who survived an accident that killed his parents in May is under investigation after taking him to Israel.

Kolkata’s ‘Fairy Tale’ Trams, Once Essential, Are Now a Neglected Relic

The few riders left say the 140-year-old system makes sense for a city of 15 million struggling with pollution and overcrowding. But many trips now are more nostalgic than necessary.

Bob Diamond, the ‘Tunnel King’ of Brooklyn, Dies at 61

First he discovered a long-forgotten rail tunnel. Then he spent decades trying — in vain — to revive Brooklyn’s trolley system.

Cable-Car Tragedy Shakes a Town Already Wounded by the Pandemic

The disaster that killed 14 people in Italy on Sunday struck a small lakeside community just as its tourism-dependent economy was starting to revive. Three people have been arrested.

Cable-Car Tragedy Shakes a Town Already Wounded by the Pandemic

The disaster that killed 14 people in Italy on Sunday struck a small lakeside community just as its tourism-dependent economy was starting to revive. Three people have been arrested.

Cable and Brake Failure Caused Cable Car Crash in Italy, Investigators Say

Charges including manslaughter and negligence are being considered following the accident in northern Italy that killed 14 people on Sunday.

Cable Car Plunges in Italy, Killing at Least 14 People

The cable car was traveling at a height of nearly 40 feet, going from the Lake Maggiore area in northern Italy to Mottarone Mountain, when it suddenly fell.