Transportation
Lapp Named New N.Y. MTA Director
Katherine M. Lapp is appointed the new executive director of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Stormy Skies Over Chicago
State and local politics complicate decisions about much-needed airport expansion in the Chicago.
Transit Roundabout Trend Is A Nightmare
Transportation planners across the U.S. are replacing stop signs with roundabouts designed to slow drivers. The impact is precisely the opposite.
Revolutionary Public Transit System To Be Launched
The Urban Light Transport system is a revolutionary idea in public transportation .
Train Stations Transform Urban Design
New train stations across Europe and East Asia are transforming cities.
Bridge In Troubled Water
Maryland's new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is threatened by a rising price tag.
Terrorist Attack Refocuses Transportation Debate
Los Angeles International Airport was a mess six months ago, and it is a mess now. But it is a mess of an entirely different kind.
Minneapolis' Transit Program Approved
A recommended capital building program would link St. Could and Minneapolis via commuter rail.
Los Angeles Scooter Transit
Driving a mile or two to your local MTA parking lot? For half the parking fee, you can lease a scooter from them.
Segway May Face Patent Trouble In Japan
A Japanese robotics professor claims the Segway Human Transporter resembles a patented machine he invented 15 years ago.
Deciding Amtrak's Future
The Amtrak Reform Council's recommendations for restructuring Amtrak will open up the monopoly to private competition.
Gritty By The Bay: S.F.'s Dirty Transit Secret
Thirteen of 15 San Francisco Bay area transit agencies selected diesel bus fleets over cleaner-air alternatives.
Amtrak Could Face Private Competition
A plan by the Amtrak Reform Council recommends opening up Amtrak routes to private competition.
Congress To Decide Amtrak's Future
The U.S. Congress will decide Amtrak's fate after it receives a final recommendation from the Amtrak Reform Council.
Amtrak Restructuring Plan Highlights
Highlights from the Amtrak reform plan that will go to the U.S. Congress.
Amtrak Should Be Broken Up
A restructuring plan by Amtrak Reform Council recommends that Amtrak should be broken up.
New Philadephia Arts Center Not Integrated With Public Transit
Kimmel Center officials haven’t taken even the simplest steps to promote public transit to visitors.
Seattle Monorail Costs Top $1 Billion
Proponents say the 14-mile monorail system can be built faster and cheaper than light rail.
Poking Holes In Pro-Sprawl 'Science'
Anti-New Urbanism has become a cottage industry, but this report stuffs its proponents back in their box.
Profile Of L.A.'s New Transit Chief
Roger Snoble is a planner who suddenly found himself running a major transit agency.
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
