Transportation

Brown's California Reorganization Separates Transportation and Housing

Jerry Brown has proposed a huge governmental streamlining to make the state more efficient. But in the process he is proposing separating transportation and housing -- now housed in one agency -- and putting them in separate agencies.
10 January 2012 - 7:00am
California Planning & Development Report

The High Cost of Free Roads

In Wisconsin, taxpayers pay roughly $779 per household for roads and $50 for transit. But most drivers still believe that transit is subsidized and roads pay for themselves, writes Tanya Snyder.
13 December 2011 - 10:00am
Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Tea Party Candidate Nixes Transit Center

They mayor of Troy, Mich. chooses ideology over investment, The Atlantic's says Eric Jaffe.
12 December 2011 - 7:00am
The Atlantic

On the Risks and Responsbilities of Living (in Cities)

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 12:10

Last summer, most of the nation was justifiably outraged when Raquel Nelson was convicted of vehicular homicide because her four-year old son stepped off a median into oncoming traffic and was killed. Common sense alone should have kept this case from going to trial, but I believe this case should have raised a bigger and more encompassing issue for planners and a question of social ethics: What is the responsibility we take as individuals for the choices we make living in an urban environment?

VIA Clashes With San Antonio City Council Over Wireless Streetcar Plan

VIA Metropolitan Transit Company met with the city council regarding future plans involving a new streetcar line. According to Vianna Davila, "VIA must drastically change its streetcar proposal if it wants the city to help pay for the project."
20 October 2011 - 10:00am
My San Antonio

Electric DeLorean Scheduled to Hit Streets in 2013

DeLorean Motor Company has not only resurrected that iconic car many remember from 'Back to the Future,' but have made it a true car from the future. The 2013 DMC-12 EV will run on lithium-ion batteries, making it fully electric.
20 October 2011 - 7:00am
Your Atascocita News

$2 Congestion Fee When Parking In Downtown Chicago

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to use congestion fees to help fund a new rail station and the city's first bus rapid transit line. Anyone parking in a downtown lot will be required to pay an additional $2 on top of the existing parking fee.
20 October 2011 - 6:00am
Streets Blog

Partisanship Stalls Infrastructure Investment, Says Blumenauer

Congressional support for transportation and infrastructure projects has traditionally been bipartisan. In an interview, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon discusses how political tantrums in Congress may handicap the US in the long run.
10 October 2011 - 11:00am
The Planning Report

What Would Happen If All Public Transportation Stopped?

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) released its 2011 Urban Mobility Report, which shows how many additional hours in traffic each commuter would be subject to if public transportation were discontinued.
7 October 2011 - 7:00am
Urbanophile

Solyndra, Moneyball, and Lessons for Planning

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 15:37

The Los Angeles Times recently had a story about the collapse of Solyndra – the once heralded poster-child of the Obama administration’s green jobs plan.  A big part of Solyndra’s demise was due to the rapidly falling price of their competitors’ solar panels.  In 2008, the cost of solar panels was a bit over $4 for each watt generated.  Solyndr

My Future City is Houston?

The BMW Guggenheim Lab has released an online urban planning game called "Urbanology," which asks a serious of questions to determine the type of city you think is the future.
22 August 2011 - 7:00am
TheCityFix.com

Florida Found Most Dangerous Place for Pedestrians

Four Florida metropolitan areas recently ranked as the most dangerous places for pedestrians, according to a survey by Transportation America.
16 August 2011 - 10:00am
New York Times

Will Postcarbon Cities be More Kid-Friendly?

The post-carbon city will require dramatically different planning. Why not plan them with children in mind, writes Jason McLennan?
3 August 2011 - 1:00pm
Yes! Magazine

Most Successful Bus Rapid Transit Stalls Out

Bogota, Columbia's TransMilenio bus rapid transit system has been widely praised and imitated around the world. However, many consider the successful bus system to be suffering from its own success.
16 July 2011 - 1:00pm
www.TheCityFix.com

Santa Monica's Ambitious Plan For 'No Net New Car Trips'

Beachside Santa Monica recently launched an ambitious Land Use and Circulation Element, which will balance growth, neighborhoods, and traffic. The plan has received accolades, and the city has become a model for consensus-based planning.
15 July 2011 - 5:00am
The Planning Report

California Law Doesn't Stop Sprawl

A draft report from San Diego reveals that California's SB 375 law, which passed in 2008, was ineffective in reducing sprawl in the long term, Ethan Elkind writes for the UCLA UC Berkeley Legal Planet blog.
7 July 2011 - 9:00am
Legal Planet

Building Roads to Cure Congestion Is an Exercise in Futility

University of Toronto professors say that building more roads just encourages more driving. Building transit doesn't help reduce congestion either, though it still maximizes the value of the transportation system.
1 June 2011 - 1:00pm
Streetsblog Capitol Hill

U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians

A new report from Transportation for America says that more than half of pedestrian fatalities happen on arterial roads that lack ped-friendly design - and therefore are preventable.
24 May 2011 - 2:00pm
Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Philadelphia Leads the Largest Cities in America for Bicycle Mode Share

A new report from The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia shows that Philadelphia's bicycle mode share is more than double that of Chicago's (the big city with the second-greatest share).
11 May 2011 - 7:00am
philly.com

Budget Cuts Take Bite Out of Urban Agenda

CNN is reporting on the budget cuts for 2011, many of which will affect America's cities, infrastructure and vulnerable populations.
12 April 2011 - 11:00am
CNNMoney
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