Transportation
Canadians Using Transit In Record Numbers
A new report releassed by the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) reveals that Canadian public transit services provided 1.553 billion trips nationally in 2003 -- 22 million more than in 2002.
European SUV Backlash Spreads
Politicians around Europe are discovering the popularity of anti-SUV measures.
Public Transit Ridership Increases In Canada
Canadian Urban Transit Association reports record public transit usage numbers.
Gas Prices And Transit Ridership Unrelated
Ridership on mass transit systems across the U.S. seem to be slipping, despite significantly higher gas prices.
Minnesotans Support Expanding Public Transit
Poll finds support for expanding the public transportation system.
Making Downtown Safer For Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Fort Lauderdale puts forth sweeping changes to transportation plan in order to change anti-pedestrian image.
Will Higher Gas Taxes Save Mass Transit?
Pennsylvania considers increasing state gasoline tax to subsidize transit.
Is The CTA Unsustainable?
In a Chicago Tribune editorial, Wendell Cox charges that Chicago's Transit system is is fiscally unsustainable.
Every Road A Toll Road
A group of states are investigating how to replace the fuel tax with a fee based on the number of miles traveled.
Seattle's Monorail Mess
$1.6 billion monorail initiative is on a collision course.
Car Free Day
Car Free Day has been slow to catch on in the "car-obsessed" U.S.
The Hummer Is For Wimps
The Hummer looks like a bicycle next to the International CXT. This new truck that gives seven miles a gallon may be the world's "least eco-friendly production vehicle."
A Social, Moral And Environmental Case For Driving More
John Tierney questions prevailing beliefs about urban sprawl, suburbs, and the automobile.
A Journalist Reviews Anchorage Transit
A reporter chronicles his experience taking Ancorage's People Mover bus system and concludes that, if you have time time, it'a a "great bargain."
Run Over By Cars In Montr
Some say too many cars in Montréal are ruining the city's quality of life.
Transportation Agency To Borrow $1.1 Billion
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to borrow more than $1.1 billion over the next 10 years to jump-start freeway and rail projects.
Letting Pedestrians Cross The Street
Oregonians don't treat pedestrians as traffic obstacles.
The Right Track For Arizona
Arizona's Proposition 400 will be decided by voters in November.
Most Expensive Places To Own A Car
A management consulting firm publishes a study detailing the costliest places to own and operate a car.
Bridge Shutdown Prompts Groundbreaking Growth Study
Former opponents unite to find best solutions to sprawl.
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.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
