Transit Planning

Reinventing Los Angeles: Seizing the Transit Opportunity

Ken Bernstein, Principal Planner for the City of L.A., explores how the expansion of transit in Los Angeles is changing how the department approaches its plans and the planning process.

1 February 2012 - 6:00am

The Planning Report

Escaping the Data and Going With Your Gut

Jeff Wood, no stranger to transportation modeling and data-crunching, suggests its time to open up transit planning to gut-level reactions.

19 December 2011 - 11:00am

The Overhead Wire

Todd Litman

Way-To-Go Vancouver Olympics - Lessons For Transport Planners

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 07:24

The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics are over now. City Planner Brent Toderian described in a recent Planetizen blog how the event showcased Vancouver’s Urbanism, including the quality of its neighborhoods, streets and public transit system, and the delight of a shared community experience.

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Women, Transit, and the Perception of Safety

Transit agencies are failing to bring women into the planning process, according to a new report from the Mineta Transportation Institute. We talked with UCLA's Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, author of the study, about what she uncovered in her research and strategies for improving the perception of safety on transit for women.

11 February 2010 - 5:00am

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