Wired Magazine

In a recent piece in Wired, Clive Thompson suggests that the solution to the problem of texting while driving is not to stop texting, but to stop driving. The popularity of texting is a good reason to support public transit.

From mile-high skyscrapers and floating cities, a look back at some of of the impractical and unrealized dreams of architects and planners.

As the site adds more transit systems to its database, some hope that Google's transit route planner could become as useful as its car route mapping software.

With a growing population, a sprawling urban landscape, and uncertain public funding, Los Angeles seems to be hoping for a miracle with its latest transportation planning effort.

There are good reasons why the U.S. hasn't built a high-speed rail network. But there are just as many, if not more, good reasons why it should.

While Pictometry's new mapping technology is being used for public safety, it's also being used by building officials who don't have to leave the office to see who's building without a permit.

Prefabricated housing used to be a dirty word in the housing business. Today, many designer prefab houses are an affordable and elegant solution -- maybe even the "holy grail of modernism".

Scenario planning can work and save lives. But only if we heed the warnings.

A new book demonstrates that even the ugliest industrial structures have a certain beauty when you consider their utility.