Transit Data

Three people boarding an orange Los Angeles Metro bus at an unsheltered stop on a sunny day.

Trump Administration Wants to End Weekly Transit Data Reporting

The FTA says a Covid-era weekly reporting rule “no longer offers sufficient value.”

November 21, 2025 - Bloomberg Government

Bus Schedule

A New Way to Explore Local Transit Ridership Data

TransitCenter has released a new National Ridership Map.

December 20, 2017 - TransitCenter

Seattle Transit

Comparing Transit Choice by City

What does the way transit commuters move say about their city?

November 10, 2017 - Greater Greater Washington

Meet Flow: Google's Transportation Data Revolution

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is readying a product called Flow to help cities and counties make the most of transportation data. The news is another step along the path to a future version of transportation.

March 29, 2016 - The New York Times

CTA Opens Transit Data

The Chicago Transit Authority is opening up its transit arrival data to web developers, spurring what officials and riders hope will be the creation of new tools to make riding transit in the city easier.

December 16, 2009 - Chicago Tribune

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.