Transportation
Nation's Fastest Growing Region Trips Up On Gasoline Shortage
The shutdown of one of the two pipelines delivering gas to the Phoenix Valley exposes a major infrastructure vulnerability.
A War On Parking
A zoning rewrite will impose tougher restrictions on downtown parking in Chicago.
Los Angeles Is Really A Railroad Town
This is the golden age for rail in Southern Califrnia. However, as rail use continues to grow, it is causing strains.
Can Transit Save Chinatown?
Los Angeles' Chinatown is seeing a dramatic surge in activity with the opening of the new Gold Line. Community-based revitalization efforts are planned.
New Federal Transport Bill Unlikely
Low funding and attempts to gut environmental rules are blocking the Transportation Equity Act.
Congestion Charging -- London And Beyond
An Urban Land Institue policy forum examines London's congestion pricing and the implications of imposing fees to drive downtown.
Seattle Monorail Environment Study Draft Ready
A five-volume draft environmental-impact statement discloses the visual, noise, land-use and transportation effects of the planned Seattle Monorail Project
Blackout Lesson: Keep The Gas Tank Full
The recent blackout highlights the vulnerability of dense cities, writes Wendell Cox.
Houston Grapples With Mass Transit -- And Its Ego
As residents face a looming vote, city is tugged between its car culture and the realities of rising population and sprawl.
'Nobody Walks In L.A.' And Nobody Drives In N.Y.C.
Why New Yorkers don't drive.
First Segway Theft Arrest
A New York City student may be the first person to be arrested for the theft of a Segway.
Did The Monorail Kill The Avenue?
Seattle's Monorail did not Fifth Avenue - it is alive and flourishing?
Will Bush Derail Amtrak?
Bush administration plan proposing splitting up Amtrak and cutting subsidies.
DC Gets Federal Funding For TOD Projects
Metro will allocate about $11.2 million in federal money for transit-oriented development in the District
Preserving The Car Culture
Manhattan, not Manchester, must be the model for how cities can work with, not against, the car.
China's Car Revolution
Suburbs, drive-ins, and car washes: how the automobile is changing China.
Ancient Solution For Accident-Prone Highway
When nothing else works, call in the druids.
Denver Transit Plan Cut $1 Billion
Weakness in the region's economy is forcing the Regional Transit District to cut $1 billion, shortening a number of rail lines planned for the metro area.
Success Of Phoenix Transit Plan Up To New Mayor
Arizona cities get ready to vote on specifics of a regional transit plan, whose implementation will be overseen by the new Phoenix mayor.
Summer Road Temperatures Test Tires In Phoenix
The casualty rate from tire-blowout related incidents peaks in the hottest months of summer in Phoenix, Arizona.
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
