Transportation
Hundreds Discover Freeway Expansion Threatens Their Homes
Even though the freeway expansion project has gone on for over two years, hundreds in Southern California find out their homes are threatened.
PRT: Public Transit Of The Future?
Thirty years in development, a Minnesota inventor debuted SkyWeb Express, a personal rapid transit (PRT) system that has some people excited about the future of public transit.
Nation's Leaders Can't Avoid Traffic Either
Recent traffic problems in Washington D.C. dominated a debate on homeland security in a Congressional hearing.
Forbes On High Speed Rail
This pro-rail article argues high speed rail corridors are at least potentially profitable but long distance trains are inevitable losers.
Mossberg Reviews The Segway
The Wall Street Journal's respected technology curmudgeon, Walter Mossberg puts the Segway through real-world testing.
Kunstler Discusses Cities And Oil
The end of an era of cheap oil will change everything about the way we live, says James Howard Kunstler.
Policy Review Of Red Light Running
A new report assesses the factors affecting red light running, and a review of red light running trends in the U.S. and in Texas.
Balancing Port Development And Environmental Concerns
The Port of Los Angeles recently introduced the Alternative Maritime Program (AMP), which will have ships plug into cleaner land-side power once they reach the harbor.
Pro-Public Transit Advertising Campaign Launched
A new transit partnership is now airing pro-public transit advertising spots on major television stations across the U.S.
More Big Dig Scandal: Firm Overcharged $31 Million
Federal auditors have concluded that one of the two companies managing Boston's Big Dig overcharged the public by $31 million.
Public Attitudes On Walking
Surface Transportation Policy Project measures the public's attitudes toward walking.
SUV Sales Slowing Down?
According to a survey conducted by Kelley Blue Book car information guide, consumer interest in gaz-guzzling sport utility vehicles is waning because of high fuel prices.
State Cuts Force Cuts Of Heavily Used Transit Routes
Because of years of state stinginess and the economic downturn, Philadelphia's transit agency may eliminate several train lines and some of its most heavily used bus routes.
Campaign Of Sabotage
How government policies have inadvertently sabotaged public transit.
Transit Justice
A suspect featured on 'America's Most Wanted' is arrested by police after not paying his fare on L.A.'s Blue Line.
GM Pulls Ad That Labels Transit Riders 'Creeps And Weirdos'
General Motors Canada has pulled an ad campaign suggesting that transit buses are full of "creeps and weirdos."
The Big Dig Opens
After 16 years of drafting, spending, and defending, part of the Big Dig opens Sunday, stoking an urban revolution.
Debate Over Road Widening To Serve Increasing Traffic
Nearly all of Md. 32 to the south and east of the "new town" of Columbia has been upgraded to a freeway - should the section west and north of Columbia also be upgraded?
Big Dig's Big Day
It's opening day for the core of Boston's massive Big Dig project.
Mass Transit Plans On 'Collision Course'
Should South Florida's Tri-Rail be transformed into a new regional transportation authority?
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
