Transportation
Las Vegas Beltway Growing
Officials are meeting with the public to discuss future designs as the newest section of the beltway opens.
Cities Ranked By Transportation Cost
Study ranks U.S. cities by transportation costs to residents and attributes high cost of transportation to sprawl.
Boston's Big Dig Gets Green Light
Federal officials have approved funding for one of the most complicated and expensive road projects in the nation's history.
Toontown Is Warning Your Town
While Los Angeles is trying to be more mass-transit-friendly, New York seems to be headed in the other direction....and "paying the price in worsening traffic and congestion."
Regional Transit Study To Cover 8 Counties
A fast track 18-month project will study the transit future for an eight-county region and its outcome could have a " far-ranging impact on future life in Western Pennsylvania."
Dual-purpose Depots
Chicago's oldest suburbs face an "unprecedented train-station building boom."
Houston Light Rail Approved
The Houston City Council approved a controversial, 7.5-mile, $300 million light rail line that would run on city streets.
Urban Rail: Less To Lease Cars For New Riders
The Public Purpose ranks urban transit projects by cost, and suggests that it would be less expensive to buy a new car for each rider.
Can LA Save Billions In Congestion Costs?
Could emissions and congestion charges of 10-30-cents per peak-traffic mile produce smog reductions worth more than $200 million a year?
Seattle's Light Rail Halted
After seven years and $25 million, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light rail tunnel have crashed to a halt.
2002 Olympics To Jam Roads, Critics Say
Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers are planning on 95 percent of spectators to travel to Olympic venues in the own vehicles or rental cars.
Clogging Arteries In LA's Transportation
MTA is drawing a 25-year blueprint to lessen travel congestion. Rush hour averages 34 mph today. In 2025 the commute will slow to 20 mph.
Nashville Beltway's Future Unclear
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is facing some challenges to the completion of route 840, which opponents say would simply encourage more sprawl.
Chicago Tests Digital Traffic Signals
Experimental traffic signals are being tested that would disply he number of seconds pedestrians have to cross the street.
Satellites Could Track Vehicles, Collect Fees
Some states are developing a system that uses Global Positioning System satellites to implement a better way to fund highway construction.
High Speed Train Makes Maiden Voyage
Amtrak's Acela pulled out of Washington D.C.'s Union Station on time Thursday morning carrying the long-term hopes for high-speed rail service in the United States.
Environmental Group Files Complaint Against M.T.A.
West Harlem Environmental Group says New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority is guilty of environmental racism.
Amtrak's Bullet Train Debuts
Acela Express sets Amtrak speed record and arrives ahead of schedule on maiden trip.
Rail Transit Alternatives For Los Angeles
Authors of an academic journal article examine a variety of market-based transportation alternatives to rail transit for Los Angeles.
California Transit Measures Win
Both Alameda and Santa Clara Counties approved sales tax increases to fund transit measures, including the extension of BART to San Jose.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Ada County Highway District
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
