Aaron Gordon

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Aaron Gordon |Marie Patino

The Madrid Metro’s ridership is higher now than it was before the pandemic. (Bloomberg) -- Five years after the pandemic began, many US transit agencies are teetering over a “fiscal cliff” as rail ridership hovers at about 70% of its pre-Covid levels nationwide, straining agency budgets from lost fare revenue. To some, that might seem an inevitable post-pandemic side effect. But looking at transit data around the world confounds that narrative.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Andre Tartar |Denise Lu |Raeedah Wahid |Aaron Gordon |Sam Hall

For the full experience visit: One Ship, $417 Million in New Tariffs: The Cost of Trump’s Trade WarOn April 24, against the backdrop of towering cranes, dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach began unloading the OOCL Violet, a hulking shipping vessel carrying thousands of containers full of goods bound for the US.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Sri Taylor |Aaron Gordon

When Covid-19 broke the U.S. economy, the trains and buses that carried millions of Americans to work every day emptied out. A $70 billion lifeline from the federal government kept them going — a bet that someday they would again be packed with commuters. Five years later, that day has come. Workers and tourists are back on the rails and roads. Throngs of straphangers stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the subway. Finding a seat on a crowded rush-hour express train feels like a small victory.

1 month ago | business-standard.com | Sri Taylor |Aaron Gordon

When Covid-19 broke the US economy, the trains and buses that carried millions of Americans to work every day emptied out. A $70 billion lifeline from the federal government kept them going - a bet that someday they would again be packed with commuters. Five years later, that day has come. Workers and tourists are back on the rails and roads. Throngs of straphangers stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the subway. Finding a seat on a crowded rush-hour express train feels like a small victory.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Sri Taylor |Aaron Gordon

A red line train at a Metro station in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. (Bloomberg) -- When Covid-19 broke the US economy, the trains and buses that carried millions of Americans to work every day emptied out. A $70 billion lifeline from the federal government kept them going — a bet that someday they would again be packed with commuters. Five years later, that day has come. Workers and tourists are back on the rails and roads. Throngs of straphangers stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the subway.