Transportation
Safer Urban Driving Through Confusion?
Experiments with traffic circles in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has slowed traffic, but only because drivers are confused.
How School Traffic Impacts A Community
How changes in society and preceptions have resulted in the death of the bus and each parent driving jr. to school.
Goodbye Car, Hello Bus
In a car crazy culture, a planner decides to make the switch to transit.
America's Infrastructure Crisis
America's infrastructure is full of cracks, leaks and holes and is getting worse, according to an analysis by civil engineers that gives the nation's transportation, water and energy systems an overall grade of D-plus.
Transportation Alternatives: What We Can Learn From Europe
The signature federal program to promote transportation alternatives is headed for extinction. Neil Peirce asks Congress to look at the results of similar initiatives in Europe.
Arizona Ad Campaign Ups Seat Belt Use
The 'Click It or Ticket' campaign's in-your-face approach shows results by pushing up Arizona seat belt usage to 86% -- up 12% from last year.
Avoiding Congestion James Bond Style
A new amphibious sports car can speed over land and water.
Needed: Aging-driver Policy
Reluctance to face 'graying' demographics could cause a crisis for America's roadways. Is public transit the answer?
Gas Shortage Shows Need For Redundancy
Phoenix's gasoline shortage is making life intolerable for drivers and making mass transit a necessity.
Dr. Gridlock: Mass Transit Vs. Driving
Mass transit or driving -- which one is a better mode for commuting?
HOT Lanes: A Win-Win Transportation Solution
Variable-priced toll lanes would make more effective use of existing carpool lanes and also help finance the infrastructure improvements California has failed to provide.
U.S. Now Has More Vehicles Than Drivers
For the first time, there are more vehicles than people to drive them in the average U.S. household.
California State Budget's Impacts On Regional Mobility
MTA chairman Zev Yaroslavsky assesses how the state budget will affect Southern California's mass transit agenda.
Check Out This Bike Library
Borrowing a successful idea from Europe, this town has a free volunteer-run "bike library."
European MP's Promote Cycling
European MP's are taking a 430 km bike ride to work.
The U.S. Is A Dangerous Place To Walk, Bike
Compared to Europe, the U.S. is more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.
Salt Lake City Light Rail Exceeds Projections
Salt Lake City's TRAX Light Rail system carries over 65% more daily riders than predicted.
Congestion Pricing At The Wrong Price
Congestion pricing in London seemed to be working, until it went afoul of basic economics. Now it's harming public transit. [Link corrected.]
A Computerized Spy In Every Car
An unpopular UK plan to monitor every car raises questions about the boundary between security and privacy.
Seattle's Light Rail: Disaster In The Making?
Have Seattle's plans for an expensive light-rail line become the laughing stock of the transportation world, as Randal O'Toole charges?
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
