Transportation
Bush's Executive Order For Transportation Reviews Criticized
Critics complain that an executive order by President Bush speeds up environmental reviews of transportation projects to help Republican candidates.
Accelerated Environmental Review For Infrastructure Projects
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced an initial list of seven transportation construction projects around the country that will receive accelerated environmental review under President Bush's executive order.
Personal Rapid Transit
A University of Minnesota professor has received funding to test an electric-powered, automated system of small cabs.
SUVs: The Deadly Cost Of A Mass Fantasy
According to this New York Times book review, Keith Bradsher's book, "High and Mighty: SUV - The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way" is sobering, infuriating and necessary.
The European Rail Revolution Is Underway
Over the next eight years, EU member governments will double the amount of rail linking EU countries and introduce higher-speed trains traveling up to 217 miles per hour.
CarFree Times
The November 2002 issue of Carfree Times is now available.
Monorails Have Arrived
The futuristic Jetsons-era technology of monorail systems isn't just for Disney nostalgia or Simpsons' parodies. Monorails are actually viable urban transit alternatives to light rail and subways.
Exploding The Myth About SUVs
SUVs don't just guzzle gas and pollute. They are also dangerous to drive. The author of "High and Mighty" explodes the myth that SUVs are safer.
Massive Highway Expansion In China
China's high speed road network will grow to 22000 miles by 2010.
County Changes Work Hours To Ease Congestion
Palm Beach County Administrator Bob Weisman is encouraging department heads to implement four-day work weeks with ten-hour days to ease traffic congestion.
Effort To Move Buffalo Skyway Underground
New York Assemblyman Brian M. Higgins, D-Buffalo suggests waterfront tunnel to replace elevated highway.
Big Future for Small Airport?
Landowners see small airport in the shadow of Denver International Airport as site of cargo operations.
Orlando Commuter Rail Alternative To I-4 Is Explored
Local leaders test the first self-propelled commuter-rail train to meet federal safety regulations.
County Wants Connected Commercial Strip Malls
Palm Beach County is considering requiring developers to link shops with neighboring retailers so customers don't add to traffic problems as they move from one strip mall to the next.
UK Airport Proposals Blight Villages
The UK Government's consultation proposals on the future of air transport have blighted properties.
Feeder Bus Shortage May Decrease Monorail Ridership
Seattle's Metro Transit stated that it would not be able to provide all of the feeder buses necessary to support the proposed monorail.
Disgruntled Bus Riders Protest Rate Hike
Many Detroiters express dissatisfaction with their local bus system that is pushing for a rate increase.
Four Million Holes In Britain's Roads
A 1991 law makes it easy for utilities to dig up roads causing traffic congestion. Britain lags behind other countries in the use of modern techniques for roadwork that minimize disruption.
Regional Transit Plan To Be Reviewed
A transportation plan submitted to the San Diego Association of Governments outlines transit improvements.
An Alternative Future For Urban Transportation?
Can high-quality water transit revitalize isolated neighborhoods and waterfront areas?
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
