Transportation

Detroit Draws Closer To Regional Transit System

Is Detroit's sour attitude to public transportation finally ending? It looks that way in the city that invented mass production of private vehicles and ardently pursued the nation's sprawling development patterns.

January 4, 2002 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Talk Of The Nation: Car Of The Future

Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan talks with experts about the latest developments in the automobile industry.

January 4, 2002 - National Public Radio

Why Amtrak Won't Be Reformed

Amtrak's political protectors have once again forestalled the liquidation of the "government's national passenger railroad".

January 4, 2002 - Wall St. Journal

Ginger's Competitors

The Segway Human Transporter is designed for covering distances that are too far to walk but too close to drive to. But other devices that do the same thing are already available.

January 1, 2002 - Modesto Bee

The Coast Starlight: Amtrak's Future?

A review of the Amtrak's Coast Starlight train that links Seattle with Los Angeles.

December 31, 2001 - Trains.Com

The Latest In Bus Tracking Systems

San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency is adding GPS units to all lines within five years.

December 30, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Who Has The Nation's Worst Roads?

California has the nation's worst roads, followed by Louisiana, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

December 28, 2001 - Transportation California

Carfree Times

The January, 2002 issue includes a feature article on how the center of Athens in being rebuilt for the 2004 Olympic games.

December 27, 2001 - Carfree Times

GPS To Track Metro Buses

A $4 million project to install global positioning technology on buses to improve puntuality and safey will be the first of its kind.

December 26, 2001 - The Washington Post

A Gateway To Frederick, MD

A new rail link connects Frederick, MD, to Washington D.C.

December 26, 2001 - The Washington Post

The First Bicycle Policy Chief?

Paris, France may be the first city to officially appoint a bicycle policy chief.

December 25, 2001 - Associated Press

Why Amtrak Doesn't Deserve Aid Anymore

Joseph Vranich, a self-confessed champion of passenger trains, is against government funding for Amtrak.

December 24, 2001 - The Washington Post

The Case For Rail Transit

A Seattle Times columnist refutes the notion that rail transit is inherently flawed and cannot be cost-effective.

December 23, 2001 - The Seattle Times

San Francisco Bay's $10.5 Billion Transit Plan

The new regional plan is part of a $82 billion comprehensive transit blueprint for the Bay Area.

December 21, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Florida To Spend $82.5 Million For New Amtrak Service

Florida will spend $82.5 million to start a new passenger service along its east coast freight railway line.

December 21, 2001 - Sun-Sentinel

Despite Ridership Increase, Amtrak Crisis Continues

Even as the rail travel ridership increases after the Sept. 11 attacks, Amtrak's troubles continue.

December 21, 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta's Transit Agency In Financial Distress

Faced with a $10 million financial crisis, MARTA is facing an uproar from riders who oppose the agency's cost cutting measures. Now, there is talk of a state bailout for the financially strapped transit authority.

December 21, 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

BART Extension To San Jose Approved

An Bay Area Rapid Transit extension to San Jose, CA, has been approved.

December 20, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Top 10 Areas With Highest Vehicle-pedestrian Fatalities

The Road Information Program publishes its list of top ten urban areas with the highest rate of fatalities involving vehicles and pedestrians.

December 20, 2001 - The Social Developer

Train To Plane: A New Connection

A $415 million link connects Newark International Airport's airport monorail to the region's railroad network

December 19, 2001 - The New York Times

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