Transportation Planning
America's 'roundabout city' is in … Indiana?
Carmel, Indiana has built over 150 roundabouts as part of a broader mobility and development strategy.
My provocative proposal: Want a roadway safety movement? Ditch the engineers.
A PE license has long been a requirement for most roadway safety jobs. It’s time to pave the way for movement-making professionals.
Oakland Drafts First Revision of General Plan Since 1998
The public has until April 23 to comment on the sweeping plan that addresses land use, transportation, and infrastructure.
Study: Roundabouts are Primarily in Wealthier Neighborhoods
A North Carolina study sheds light on inequities in road safety interventions.
San Diego Regional Transportation Plan Shifts Away From Big Projects to Focus on Improving Existing Infrastructure
SANDAG’s 2025 Regional Plan scales down plans for new rail lines in favor of expanding rapid bus service.
Reclaiming Transportation as a Place of Resistance
The systems that move us are not neutral — and we don’t have to pretend like they are.
What do We Want, Speed or Affordability?
Conventional planning assumes that travellers want to save time, but evidence indicates that they usually prefer to save money. How can planning better reflect these preferences?
We are Perfectly Poised for Another Robert Moses
When “America is Building Again” while decentering equity, the ghost of Robert Moses haunts us.
Meet our new (Proudly Gen Z!) Transportation Columnist!
In a new monthly column, Kristina Curtiss will “nerd out” (her words, not ours) on transportation system safety, active transportation planning, sustainability — and how it all hangs together.
Top 10 Island Press Built Environment Books
From “Life Between Buildings” to “Human Transit,” Island Press has played a critical role in building the catalogue of literature that is foundational to urban planning.
2025’s Biggest Transportation Wins
Even in a rough year, there are victories worth celebrating.
Report: Caltrans Models, Which Guide Billions in Transportation Funding, are Inaccurate and Outdated
Many of the predictive models used by California’s transportation agency fail to account for post-pandemic travel patterns and induced demand.
Is Driving Traffic to Big Box Stores True Economic Development?
Strong Towns’ Charles Marohn argues that planning for ‘commerce’ perpetuates an unsustainable, car-centric development model.
Meet the Columnist Behind our new Limited Series: Transit Planning 101!
Between now and December, Chicago transit planner — and operator! — Joshua Woods will bring Planetizen readers back to school for a deep dive into what it takes to keep the bus running. Literally.
NYC’s ‘Rare and Comprehensive’ Public Data Reveals Congestion Pricing's Success
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s analytics and data team maintains over 180 regularly updated datasets about the city’s transportation system.
MPO Boards Don’t Reflect Their Constituencies
Metropolitan planning organizations make important transportation planning decisions, but their memberships often don’t reflect their region’s demographics.
Planning Trends for 2025: Creative Housing Solutions, Ongoing Transit Woes, and the Ever-Creeping Tentacles of AI
Urban planners have no shortage of urgent issues to delve into, from a deepening housing crisis to an increasingly unpredictable climate to a new federal administration bent on slashing key funding for everything from electric cars to housing assistance.
‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Deleted in Federal Purge
Basic resources and information on building bike lanes and sidewalks, formerly housed on the government’s Complete Streets website, are now gone.
California Environmental Leaders Call on State Agencies to Prioritize Multimodal Transportation
Even before President Trump took office, California was not meeting its emissions reduction goals.
Looking for the Light in a Dark Age
Professor Glenn Lyons offers insights about the challenges facing planners in times of rapid technological, cultural, and social change, in Local Transport Today's first ‘Deep Thinking Initiative’ article.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
