Dan Zukowski
Senior Reporter | LinkedInDan Zukowski is the senior reporter for Smart Cities Dive. He covers federal, state, city and regional transportation policy and funding, public transit, air taxis, robotaxis, AI road safety technologies and intercity bus and passenger rail transportation. His three-part series on U.S. pedestrian traffic fatalities won a 2024 Azbee award. He has appeared on C-SPAN and Scripps News and is frequently invited to lead webinars and speak or moderate panels at transportation conferences. Before joining Smart Cities Dive in 2021, Zukowski had written for CityLab, Trains magazine, Sierra, Pacific Standard, Hakai, Mongabay and WardsAuto. He can be contacted at [email protected] or on LinkedIn.
872 articles by Dan Zukowski
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LA Metro breaks ground on 12-mile bus rapid transit corridor
Oct. 23, 2026 -
Local impacts of high transportation costs
Oct. 22, 2026 -
Good luck finding parking in these big US cities: Inrix report
Oct. 21, 2026 -
AI, battery-powered trains, transit funding among the highlights of APTA Transform 2026
Oct. 19, 2026 -
North Carolina passenger rail line to get $550M from US DOT
Oct. 16, 2026 -
AI, rider communications and accessibility innovations showcased at Chicago APTA Expo
Oct. 15, 2026 -
Battery-powered trains coming to Chicago: a first look
Oct. 14, 2026 -
3 transit leaders explain how they fund major projects
Oct. 13, 2026 -
3 Sun Belt mayors seek more public transportation as their cities grow
Oct. 12, 2026 -
2 bus companies plan to enter US transit market by 2028
Oct. 9, 2026 -
Seaglider electric plane-boat hybrid takes flight in first public demo
Oct. 1, 2026 -
White House, DOT officials meet with transit leaders on safety and security
Sept. 30, 2026 -
Steep cuts to federal transit funding take effect Thursday
Sept. 29, 2026 -
Amtrak Airo trains to start this week in Pacific Northwest
Sept. 28, 2026 -
California High-Speed Rail Authority’s ‘wasteful’ spending criticized by its inspector general
Sept. 23, 2026 -
Robotaxi competition revs up as Uber makes $10B investment in autonomous vehicles
Sept. 22, 2026 -
US DOT’s new road safety plan emphasizes reducing congestion, national AV strategy
Sept. 21, 2026 -
US transit bus industry generated $1.1B in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2025: report
Sept. 18, 2026 -
Air taxis will need a trained workforce. Here’s how one California region is making that happen.
Sept. 17, 2026 -
Las Vegas high-speed rail project may hinge on $6B federal loan
Sept. 16, 2026 -
New York City’s first light-rail project could take 5 years to build
Sept. 15, 2026 -
Air taxis take flight in Texas
Sept. 14, 2026 -
As Amtrak seeks to expand, restructure rail service, congressional support remains a question
Sept. 11, 2026 -
EV car-sharing and curbside charging network expands clean transportation in Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Sept. 10, 2026 -
An air taxi that floats: Regent’s Seaglider takes flight with people on board
Sept. 9, 2026
