Transportation
Government Must Make Public Transit A Priority
A Canadian transit lobby group is calling on the federal Liberals to carry through on their urban-renewal promises by dedicating a few cents of the gasoline tax to cover a looming shortfall in public transportation.
A Streetcar Named Success
Even small transit projects can make a difference.
Nation's 24 Worst Traffic Bottlenecks
American Highway Users' Alliance releases a lits of the nation's 24 worst highway bottlenecks.
The Future Of Surface Transportation Reauthorization
Innovation Briefs offers a report and commentary on the current status ofthe surface transportation reauthorization and the U.S. DOT FY 2005appropriations request.
Transport And The City
Is there a connection between transport infrastructure and a city's competitiveness?
To Speed Or Not To Speed
Drivers across the nation are speeding ancd contributing to more deaths on the roads. Should the speed limits be raised or lowered?
Great Rail Disasters
A new Reason Foundation report identifies 23 U.S. cities that have or are planning 'disastrous' rail transit systems.
Rail Infrastructure Critical For America's Mobility
Federal investment in intercity rail necessary to relieve congestion and improve travel choice.
Underground Transit Route Proposed for Vancouver
Three transit proposals for the estimated $1.7 billion route have in common a tunnel beneath Vancouver's downtown core.
Setting An Example For A New Century?
Washington, DC-area subway system may allow pervasive advertising methods inside the subway system including television.
Congestion Charging Catching On
As London's congestion charging scheme celebrates it's first year success, cities around the world are contemplating the concept.
Context-Sensitive Transportation Design
Planning officials and resident stakeholders often at loggerheads concerning the re-design of Geogia's State Route 54.
Time For A Fresh Start For GAO Bus Rapid Transit Report
The 2001 GAO report on Bus Rapid Transit is deeply flawed and needs tobe replaced by a new GAO analysis with a credible methodology.
Why Commuters Love and Hate The Metro
Commuters complain about Washington DC's Metro system but use it all the same. For Planning Practice, Alex Marshall rides the rails to find out why.
Arthur Winston: 70 Years In L.A.'s Transit Agencies
Arthur Winston has worked for Los Angeles' transit agencies for 70 years, and has missed only 1 day of work -- the day his wife died.
Does Driving Cause Obesity?
Why walk when you can drive? The number of miles an American drives has doubled since 1963.
Vehicle Runoff Abatement Vital to Riverfront Redevelopment
City riverfront redevelopment plan includes environmental overhaul to reduce vehicle runoff into the polluted Anacostia river.
Portland Makes Taking Rail To The Airport Enjoyable
The Bee's "Back-seat Driver" columnist tries Portland's train to the airport and pronounces it a success that Sacramento should emulate.
Beware of Car-Crazy Americans
US urban planner Edward Glaeser says Scotland should adopt low-density development and big-box retail parks. Jackie Kemp explains why he is wrong.
Disney Bans Segways for Safety Reasons
Disney theme parks--traditionally sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities--have banned the popular transportation machine.
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
