Transportation

Mapping Transportation and Health in the United States

What is the relationship between car travel and health outcomes in the United States? Ariel Godwin and Anne Price challenge the claim that more time in the car decreases your health by looking at the impacts of education, income, and employment rates.

16 January 2012 - 10:00am

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What Has 16 Pedals, 12 Seats, and Goes Up to 10 MPH?

The first bicycle bus for schoolchildren, built by Dutch company Tolkamp Metaalspecials, of course.

8 February 2012 - 7:00am

Fast Co.Exist

New Study Ties Housing Affordability to Sustainability

Sarah Laskow reports on a new study by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) that seeks to rethink how affordable housing is defined to incorporate transportation costs.

7 February 2012 - 2:00pm

Good

Waiting for the Subway

When compared to China's accomplishments in completing subway lines, North America's cities look exceedingly timid, where construction timeframes can stretch into decades. Will Doig examined why.

7 February 2012 - 6:00am

Salon.com

A Federal Assault on Transit

At the Transport Politic, Yonah Freemark provides a comprehensive overview of the 'all-out ideaoligical battle' being waged by the House GOP against public transit.

6 February 2012 - 2:00pm

the transport politic

Urbanists, Council Revolt Over Toronto's Transit Plans

Upon becoming Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford killed existing public transit plans, declaring the "war on the car" over. Now a coalition of urbanists and a majority of city council members are turning against Ford's subway-only plan.

6 February 2012 - 1:00pm

The Globe and Mail

Why Your Cell Phone is the Most Promising Transportation Planning Tool

Emily Badger reports on the growing importance of the cellular phone, and particularly their location tracking capabilities, as the next most essential transportation planning tool.

6 February 2012 - 7:00am

The Atlantic Cities

Think Environmental Rules Are Holding Up Transportation Projects? Think Again.

Brad Plumer investigates widely echoed Republican claims that environmental rules are a major reason why it takes so long to build highways and bridges, and finds scant evidence to back up the claims.

6 February 2012 - 5:00am

The Washington Post

How Taxis Augment Public Transit

Urban Planning Professor David King has found that rather than working in competition, taxi cabs actually augment public transit networks.

5 February 2012 - 5:00am

The Atlantic Cities

Bankruptcy Ahead, Warns CBO On Highway Trust Fund

Treasury Secretary Ray LaHood warned Congress that according to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, the Highway Trust Fund will be broke come fiscal year 2014, due largely to more fuel-efficient vehicles and less driving.

4 February 2012 - 11:00am

The Hill's Transportation Blog

Who to Follow on Twitter for Your Transportation News Fix

Using a rather complex, scientific methodology, Robert Krueger, has compiled a list of the top 25 most influential transportation infrastructure sources to follow on Twitter.

3 February 2012 - 1:00pm

Urban Land

Successful DC Bikeshare Program Heading for the Suburbs

The runaway success of Washington D.C.'s bikeshare program, in less than two years of operation, has it poised to expand to the city's suburbs this year.

3 February 2012 - 7:00am

The Washington Post

Todd Litman

Optimal Transport Policy For An Uncertain Future

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:57

As I write this column (2 February) the U.S. House Transportation Committee is debating changes in H.R. 3864, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, which will determine future federal transportation policy.

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Mayor Outlines "Plan B" To Push Through Transit Improvements in L.A.

Deputy Mayor for Transportation Borja Leon provides insight into the Mayor's plans for ramping up implementation of Measure R funded projects if the Federal Government fails to back his America Fast Forward program.

2 February 2012 - 11:00am

Streetsblog L.A.

Public Transit's Gender Imbalance

Gendered Innovations, a Stanford University project devoted to gender analysis, has revealed that miscategorization has obscured the fact that women ride public transit much more than previously believed, and much more than men.

2 February 2012 - 10:00am

The Atlantic Cities

Fill Cars, Fight Traffic

According to the Ridesharing Institute, filling out cars with more passengers may be the cheapest, simplest way to ease congestion, reports Emily Badger. However novel strategies must be introduced to overcome the broad decline in carpooling.

2 February 2012 - 8:00am

Miller McCune

House Transportation Bill: Can It Be Salvaged?

The long awaited Transportation bill unveiled this week by House Republicans, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act,” follows an unsurprisingly partisan path to solving few of the country's transportation challenges.

2 February 2012 - 7:00am

Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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

The Economics of Traffic Jams

Writing in the Economix blog for the New York Times, Nancy Folbre investigates the economic impact of traffic and revives the idea of congestion pricing for Manhattan.

31 January 2012 - 2:00pm

The New York Times