Transportation
Successful Dallas Light Rail Expands To Suburbs
Light rail in Dallas is becoming a great success and example for Houston.
Bold Regional Plan To Reduce Congestion
A regional approach to battle congestion calls for adding toll lanes to major highways, extending BART and building a bridge across the bay.
A New Low For Transit Ridership
In an editorial, Wendell Cox charges that transit ridership has set a new record -- an all time low.
A Regional Transit Agency For South Florida
Miami-Dade County will join Broward and Palm Beach counties to give more power to Tri-Rail.
Segway Sales Are Anemic
Sales of $8,500 Segway Human Transporter, have been very slow, but could skyrocket when the device becomes available to the general public next year.
Do Traffic Calming Measures Work?
Opponents of traffic calming measure offer up a host of complaints. Many neighborhood residents have "buyer's remorse."
Florida High Speed Rail Network Discussed
Florida High Speed Rail Authority heard proposals for an Orlando-to-Miami high-speed train.
Etiquette For Boarding A Japanese Train
The differences between how rail commuters in Tokyo and Osaka board the train.
Dealing With Traffic Congestion
Jay Ambrose searches for an answer to traffic congestion.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Free Parking Still Common In Washington DC
Washington DC employers including the federal government still offer a powerful incentive to drive by offering free parking.
For Whom The Road Tolls
While "free" ways may be endangered, not all road pricing schemes are equal.
Gridlock On The 'Reverse Commute'
With more jobs moving to the suburbs traffic congestion on the reverse commute is getting worse.
Coping With Gridlock
One third of the average city's land is devoted to serving the car. Is there a way out?
US Could Learn From French High Speed Rail
The French have a high speed rail network that is th envy of the world.
California's War On SUVs
A Reason Foundation scientist explains the danger of a bill that would limit consumers' choices in buying SUVs.
Escaping Gridlock
In the new millennium, when the futurists said we'd all be wafting to work in sky cars, we're decidedly earthbound.
A Mobile Power Plant?
PowerTrainUSA is a mobile power plant that can travel to areas of power shortages.
Had Enough Of Auto-dominance?
Auto-competitive transit is emerging and deserves evaluation.
L.A.'s Transit Agency Re-organizes
Arthur Sohikian, a former lobbyist for the Los Angeles County MTA, discusses recent changes at the MTA, and where the agency is looking for money.
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
