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 company is building a cutting edge eco friendly super sonic jet that can take you anywhere in less than 4 hours and at a bargain price to boot.

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 may become permanent features in urban areas. Finally, airlines consider making passengers weigh in before a flight in order to be more fuel efficient.

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 liners which has cruise ship companies vowing to give U.S. ports a wide berth, and autonomous vehicle owners can't seem to be persuaded to stay out of the back seat despite numerous deaths.

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 lifting of mask rules.

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 grounded again for an electrical hiccup, and Chicagoans say they prefer telecommuting even if their mass transit is top notch.

Two men die in Texas after going for a ride in a new autopilot equipped Tesla. Neither man was driving. In Hawaii they are desperately trying to finish a 20 mile railway which is years overdue and 3 billion dollars over b budget. And Finally, Alaska tries to follow New York's example of dumping subway cars in the ocean but can't seem to get their mass transit to sink....

Both Congress and the Massachusetts legislature are considering zero fare mass transit bills to jump start public transportation as we come out of the pandemic. France is about to ban short airplane flights to save the environment, and suicides by train are on the decline.

Two airlines made the mistake this week of trying to make political stands, first annoying social media then annoying local state governments. Meanwhile, the President's Infrastructure Bill proposes to give Amtrak 80 million dollars which has rail fans holding their breath and United Airline has decided to create it's own flying school to combat the looming pilot shortage.

The Cruise Industry is getting back into the swing of things everywhere but in the United States, March has an unusually high number of train crashes around the world, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation wants to know how they are doing and what you think they ca do better,

The new Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg says road expansion is not the wave of the future and the car is no longer king of the roads. Any airline pandemic vouchers have already reached their sell by date, much to the consternation of customers still hesitant to fly, and we reveal how those in flight movies get chosen.