Transportation
Amtrak's Downeaster Ridership Exceeds Expectations
Amtrak's service connecting Portland, ME, and Boston is attracting riders.
Freight In The Pipeline
Researchers in Texas experiment with an underground freight tunnel to ease congestion.
High Speed Rail: San Francisco To Los Angeles
A proposed $6 billion bond measurewould help fund the construction of ahigh-speed train between the Bay Area and Los Angeles as early as 2005.
Mileage Standards Rejection: 'Americans Should Be Outraged'
New York Times editorial says 'Americans should be outraged' at the Senate's rejection of efforts to increase the fuel efficiency standards.
Senate Rejects Mileage Standards
The Senate rejects efforts to increase fuel efficiency standards.
Senate Spins Its Wheels On Fuel Economy Talks
Senate rejects new fuel mileage standards.
A Passenger System Worthy Of A Great Nation
Neal Pierce wonders when we will start diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from new "spaghetti bowl intersections" to a passenger system "worthy of a great ...nation."
Macon-Atlanta Line Rail Plan Gains Support
Commuter rail is becoming a reality in Georgia.
Who Drives The Most?
Robert Dunphy, ULI's transportation expert, comments on who drives the most and the least among large U.S. metropolitan regions.
Developing Over The Massachusetts Turnpike
Plan to build over a sunken Massachusetts Turnpike using air rights is turning out to be a challenge.
A Second 'Loop' For Chicago?
The Chicago Transit Authority is planning a circular rail line to connect downtown and neighborhoods several miles away.
The End Of Amtrak?
Amtrak is losing its funding and its president. Is it the end for Amtrak?
Amtrak's Uncertain Future
Amtrak's outgoing president comments on the financial and political troubles of the nation's passenger railroad.
Stuck In Traffic
According to emagazine, it's thanks to the Highway lobby that we’re all now stuck in traffic.
Amtrak President To Resign
George D. Warrington will resign as Amtrak President to become the executive director of New Jersey Transit.
San Francisco Plans Quake-Resistant Bridge
New bridge planned in San Francisco, the largest public works project in California's history, will be one of the safest structures in the Bay Area.
Car-sharing Picks Up Speed In U.S. Cities
Car-sharing, already successful in the Europe, is slowly gaining acceptance. The service is now being offered in the nation's "largest, densest city" -- New York.
SUV Hysteria: PBS Show Is 'Biased'
Warren Brown says the PBS show "Rollover: The Hidden History Of The SUV" is biased and misleading.
PBS Presents A 'Hidden History' Of The SUV
The website for the PBS Frontline show titled "Rollover: The Hidden History of the SUV" presents an overview and excerpts from interviews.
Phoenix's Sprawl: Ample Parking In The Desert
Catherine Getches reports on sprawl, car culture, abundant parking, long commutes, public transportation, and keeping cool in Phoenix, AZ.
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
