Transportation
Seattle Is All About The Streetcar
Seattle city council earmarks $2 million in state grants for streetcar design.
A Call For A Car Alternative
A columnist issues a call for an alternative to the oil dependent, traffic-inducing automobile.
Amtrak's Dismal On-Time Performance
July marks the fourth consecutive month of declining on-time performance. One Amtrak train arrives 35 hours late to El Paso.
Friday Funny: London Underground Games
Build your own London Underground Tube line and race trains.
Salt Lake City Light Rail Extension Cost Surprises Council
City Council debates benefit of light rail extension to tie intermodal hub into the rest of the light rail system.
Cabs and Public Transit
City plans to launch a temporary low-cost voucher program for cab rides to compensate for the need for more public transit in the area.
Rail Considered For Critical NYC Link
Plans for upgrading a critical but aging Hudson River bridge could include a passenger rail link.
Free Bike Parking Facilty Opens In Denver
Denver's first of its kind bike parking facilty and urban transportation center helps relieve parking burden and offers visitors, employees and shoppers alike, to the Cherry Creek North shopping district an alternative to driving and payin
New Nicknames For Houston Light Rail
'Wham-Bam-Tram'and 'Streetcar Named Disaster' are some the nicknames given to the Houston's new light rail line between downtown and the Astrodome.
Time for Alternative Approaches To Solving Traffic Problems
More roads contribute to sprawl. It's time to try alternative approaches to solve traffic problems.
Call A Taxi? Hey, Mom!
High-mileage motherhood is becoming a standard practice for many American families, despite the equally high stress factor.
California Unknowingly Bans SUVs
The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it.
Cleaner Growth For America's Largest Ports
The largest ports in America are missing major, obvious opportunities to clean up its air and publicly demonstrate its commitment to lowering emissions.
California's Most Deadly Highways
When roadway improvements do not keep pace with rapid urbanization in smaller towns, the results can be deadly.
San Bernardino County Struggles With Infrastructure
The Executive Director of the San Bernardino Associated Governments addresses the challenge of meeting the region's infrastructure needs in today's fiscal climate.
Worst Metro Areas For Driving
Avis and Motorola commission a study to rank the 75 biggest metropolitan areas according to how difficult they are to drive in.
Improving Milwaukee-Chicago Rail Corridor
Popularity of Milwaukee-Chicago rail corridor generates demand formore frequent and faster trains.
How Highways Help Birds
New research shows that animals can learn to follow man-made routes to make trips easier.
Atlanta's Regional Traffic Plan Attacked From All Sides
The Atlanta Regional Commission's proposed $74 billion blueprint for traffic, Mobility 2030, has been widely assailed.
Blazing A New Trail
PATH Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a metrowide trail system for Atlanta, aims to build a trail that stretches from Alabama to downtown Atlanta.
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
