In an earlier post, I discussed the difference between mobility, accessibility, and transportation technology. In today’s post, I want to discuss what I think is the next step in this taxonomy in terms of the implications for the built environment and urban planning. More specifically, we need to move beyond the idea that certain transportation technologies—whether it is a car, a bus, a train, or our feet—are substitutes.
Transportation
Monumental Core Framework Plan
The Framework Plan is a flexible tool to inform future planning and development decisions. It is neither a prescriptive master plan nor an implementation program; rather, it identifies immediate and long-term opportunities to coordinate land use, urban design, public space, and transportation improvements, and to improve environmental management.
Monumental Core Framework Plan
The Framework Plan is a flexible tool to inform future planning and development decisions. It is neither a prescriptive master plan nor an implementation program; rather, it identifies immediate and long-term opportunities to coordinate land use, urban design, public space, and transportation improvements, and to improve environmental management.
Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 21st Century
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the federal government’s planning agency in the District of Columbia and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia, prepared Extending the Legacy. The plan redefines the District of Columbia’s Monumental Core, which extends from the steps of the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery, and from the White House to the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. The plan solves the problems of the Monumental Core with bold proposals for transportation, community revitalization, public building and open space, including miles of connected public waterfront on both sides of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.
DC Announces Four New Cycletracks
After the success of the protected bike lane, or "cycletrack" on 15th Street NW, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has begun discussing plans for four additional protected lanes around Northwest DC.
The WashCycle
San Diego General Plan Action Plan
Action plan is the comprehensive implementation program for the 2008 San Diego General Plan. The action plan includes community plan updates, climate change initiatives, water supply and conservation efforts, land development code amendments, public facilities financing strategy, economic development strategic plan, parks master plan, and historic preservation incentives.
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Octavia Boulevard — Central Freeway Replacement Project
Built in 1959, San Francisco's Central Freeway, a 1.2-mile, double-deck structure, divided area neighborhoods. The Central Freeway Replacement Project began in March 2003 with the demolition of the existing Central Freeway structure. The Department of Public Works designed and constructed the new Octavia Boulevard, which carries traffic that once traveled on the elevated double-decked freeway structure. The new boulevard reopened in September 2005. Today, the boulevard's central lanes allow commuters to access streets leading to and from the city's western neighborhoods, while the outer edge of the boulevard has a single lane in each direction for local traffic.
Should Planners Always Strive for Efficiency?
The backlash against red-light cameras provide a cautionary tale for those who want to cut costs and raise revenue through technology.
Wall Street Journal
Cities Prepare for Electric Cars
San Francisco, Portland, and San Diego lead the charge to ensure everything from power grids to building codes are prepared for arrival of electric cars.
New York Times
Transportation On Parade
Washington County, Utah invites the public once a year to see what transportation projects are in the works and talk to planners and engineers. The meet-and-greet has proved highly popular and a way for information to flow both ways.
The Spectrum and Daily News
Thinking Through the Right Transportation in the Right Place at the Right Time
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 08:36
Accessibility Vs. Mobility Redux
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 12:59
I’m going to riff off a recent Interchange Blog post by Michael Lewyn on the relationship between mobility and accessibility. Given the positive comments from the planning community to Michael’s post, a little engagement may be necessary for both clarity as well as fully understanding the implications of reading too much into the accessibility versus mobility debate.
New IPhone App Fails Government Transportation Funding Support Criteria
Wed, 12/23/2009 - 18:24
A friend of mine who's a biophysicist popped in to see me the other day. He was all excited and showed me his “patent pending” letter for his newest invention.
Win-Win Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies: Good News for Copenhagen
Thu, 12/10/2009 - 11:23
Here is good news for anybody looking for smart ways to reduce climate change. "Win-Win" transportation emission reduction strategies can provide substantial energy conservation and emission reductions in ways that also help achieve economic and social objectives.
Archeological Find Slows Rail Progress in Turkey
A planned tunnel under the Bosphorus to connect Asia and Europe by rail has ground to a halt because of the extensive archeological discoveries at the dig.
Voice Of America
Alternative Vehicles Evolve, Infrastructure Still Lags
A group of industry and policy leaders discuss the current state of the technology and infrastructure that will drive change for the auto industry.
The Planning Report
Factory to Campus Bike-Share
Volunteers set out to bike from the factory to Princeton University, where an employee bike-share program will begin in November.
The New York Times
Safety and Gender in Los Angeles
Enci Box's personal account of how gender, safety, and living car-free intersect in her daily transportation decisions.
LA Streetsblog
Demotorizing with Generation Y
A study conducted by J.D.Power and Associates shows that young people are leading a shift in perception about desire for cars.
Los Angeles Times
More Terrifying Than Texting?
In this survey, drivers 'fess up to twelve distracting things they do while driving; and some are even more distracting than texting.
The Chicago Tribune
Kenyan High-Speed Rail On Track
Kenya's national railway operator is planning a high speed rail line to transport freight and passengers and could pose a challenge to the South African consortium that currently runs rail services between Kenya and Uganda.
Business Daily
