I can't explain why this scooter rider plows straight into the train crossing bar face first, or why such a humorously tiny train passes by afterwards. I do know the rider is okay, and that it's safe to laugh.

We've all been on high alert since last weeks' bombing attack on the Boston Marathon. Now it appears our neighbors to the north were also at risk.

If you thought that your city royally bungled a light rail development or a highway widening project, Jalopnik readers are about to blow your mind.

If you drop your phone on the train tracks, go buy a new phone. You'll live. If you go after your phone on the train tracks, you might not.

Yes, this amazing photo of a skateboarder jumping over the track at the 145th St subway station in New York City is absolutely real. Here's how it happened.

A Pennsylvania woman hated the sound of train whistles so much that she parked her car on the train tracks to stop them blowing through her town.

America is a car country. We always have been, and we probably always will be. But as much as we all love driving, we have to recognize that there are some downsides to not having a first-rate rail system like Europe or Japan.

Earlier today, a large watermain broke around the Flatiron Building on 23rd Street here in New York City. Water mains break all the time, this isn't anything new.

One of the greatest episodes of The Simpsons is, without a doubt, "Marge Vs. The Monorail." The Conan O'Brien-penned episode has everything you could ever want.

Two impatient and very stubborn train conductors were leaving the Gloversville, NY Station at the same time. They raced each other. It didn't turn out well.