As cities have become increasingly congested with vehicular traffic, mass transit systems have been developed to relieve traffic jams, taking passengers to their destinations without the need for automobiles. Subways serve as the nucleus of many...

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area—with a high capacity and frequency of service and grade separation from other traffic. In most of the world, these systems are known as a...

To the Editor: The editorial “The Soggy Subways” [Aug. 20] reminded me of history everyone has forgotten. The original B.M.T. (Brooklyn Manhattan Rapid Transit) and I.R.T. (Interboro Rapid Transit) subway systems were constructed and paid for by the private sector. They supported both development...

To William Barclay Parsons, civil engineering wasn't just about crunching numbers and solving technical matters. It was far more. He saw his career choice as "a tool for expanding America's wealth and power," Clifton Hood wrote in "722 Miles: The Building of Subways and How...

A highway ramp shut down by the collapse of an overpass near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won't have to be rebuilt from scratch and could reopen within 10 days, the governor said Wednesday.The ramp connecting two interstate highways was blocked Sunday morning when a...

Some people love the romance of long-distance railroad travel. Some like to step off the curb and hail a cab. But others prefer the screech and rumble of subways - and the more arcane and exotic the system, the better.For these urban transit freaks and...