Transportation
Performance Of Regional Transportation Systems Compared
A new study by the US EPA looks at transportation systems in 13 metropolitan areas to determine if selected characteristics have an impact on transportation and environmental performance.
Best Places In America For Toll Truckways
A new report by the Reason Public Policy Institute identifies the best places for the first truck-only toll lanes.
Schwarzenegger Proposes Hydrogen Highway
The Governor's top environmental aide unveiled California's plan to build hydrogen stations every 20 miles along major highways by 2010.
Highway Bill Passage Linked to 9/11 Investigation and to Election
Two senators are controversially using a Highway Bill to extend the 9/11 commission investigation.
Dangerous Pig Encounters Galvanize Community, Calif. DOT Responds
A rash of gruesome highway accidents has prompted the California Department of Transportation to approve one-of-a-kind "pig crossings."
Noxious Air: Challenges Facing the Los Angeles Ports
An eight-part series addressesing the history and challenges facing a major source of air pollution in the L.A. Basin: the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Study Tracks Commute Times: How Does Your City Compare?
A U.S. Census Bureau study tracks commute times nationwide. At 38.4 minutes, New Yorkers had the lengthiest average work commute followed by Chicago, Philadelphia, Riverside and D.C.
Races Pitting Buses to Trains End in Rail Victory
Buses are significantly slower than trains, according to local residents.
'Great Rail Disasters' Report Fails To Show Entire Transit Picture
The Center for Transportation Excellence’' preliminary analysis shows that the O'Toole report's centerpiece, the "Rail Livability Index" is flawed.
Atlanta's MARTA Lacks Leadership, Severe Service Cuts Likely
Metro Atlanta's mass transit system is in a financial crisis and faces possible service cuts of as much as 35 percent...and there is no public outcry.
Are Roads an Economic Development Tool?
A transportation system on the verge of failure may keep companies from relocating to your area.
Steering Metro On To A Different Track
Republican appointee from State of Maryland aims to stop the expansion of the Washington Area transit system.
LRT Helping To Revitalize Houston CBD
Houston is hopping these days with new public and private investments.
Coordinated Efforts Needed To Reduce Congestion
Traffic congestion is an inescapable condition in nearly all large and growing metropolitan areas throughout the world.
America's Worst Bottlenecks And The Benefits Of Fixing Them
The American Highway Users Alliance unveiled its report on America's worst traffic choke points in the highly anticipated 2004 Bottleneck Study.
If You Build It They Really Will Come
New roads bring new development, not faster commutes, to Oakland County Michigan
The Economics of Rail Transit Funding
North Salt Lake commuter rail line given green light from federal government.
A Fee For Owning Three Or More Cars?
The City of Berkeley, CA, is re-considering charging a fee to residents who own three or more cars.
Cars - Instant Pleasures and Long Term Impacts
A new book titled "Car Wars: How cars won our hearts and conquered our cities" discusses the wide-ranging impact of cars on our lives.
Congestion Charge Scofflaws' Cars Are Crushed
Forty cars owned by congestion charge scofflaws avoiding the £5-a-day fee get crushed in London.
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
