Transportation
Minnesota's Anti-carpool Lane Experiment
The Minnesota legislature wanted to try opening the carpool and bus lanes to general traffic. They found out that it is not a simple matter.
Top Ten Airports With The Most Late Flights
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a list of big U.S. airports with the most late flights.
Obsessed With Cars?
The Charlotte Observer starts a five-day series on our automobile-obsessed society.
Public Transit Ridership Grows In U.S.
Ridership on public transit across the nation jumped 2.8 percent in thefirst quarter of 2001.
Can California Combat Freeway Congestion?
A recent analysis of Governor Davis' $5.3 billion transportation spending package concluded that population growth over the next 25 years may nearly outpace efforts to relieve gridlock on Southern California freeways.
BART Shuttles To Ease Parking Shortage
Shuttles will transport commuters to BART station in order to ease parking shortage at the station.
Panel Issues Transport Act Recommendations
Panel recommends giving part of gasoline tax to urban transit systems in Canadian cities. "
Traffic Congestion: Out Of Control
NPR's Talk of the Nation host Juan Williams talks with experts Mark Hallenbeck, Anthony Downs, and Steven Shladover about the nation's traffic congestion problem and possible solutions.
Trolleys Or 'Rapid' Buses?
Transit advocates in Boston are calling for the restoration of trolley service as an alternative to bus rapid transit lines.
Planners Reviews Options As Growth Clogs Roads
Traffic planners framing the debate over how Palm Beach County, FL, should respond to an estimated 36 percent population growth by 2025 sketch alternate scenarios for suburban commuters -- local roads swollen to highway proportions, or trains or
Profile Of A Transportation Engineer
Progressive Engineer profiles Margaret Kubilins, who started a successful transportation engineering consulting firm that brings a refreshing viewpoint to the table.
Feds OK New Bay Area Bridge Project
Caltrans to solicit bids for the largest contract in its history - the $700 million "Skyway" phase.
DC Metro Developers Planning More Transit Oriented Projects
Instead of continuing to push into outlying counties, which is often fraught with hostile growth debates, Developers are looking for development closer in that can sustain denser projects within walking distance of rail stations.
Fixing San Francisco's Public Transit
San Francisco's reputation as a great public-transit mecca is being tarnished by poor reliability of its buses, trains and cable cars.
Tampa Envisions Rail Station Over Freeway
State Sen. Jim Sebesta said he hopes his "outside the box" plan for a high-speed rail terminal straddling Interstate 275 in Tampa generates ideas, even if it's never built.
'Bus Rapid Transit': An Alternative For Light Rail?
The 'bus rapid transit system" is a bus service made to work like a rail system without the high cost of a light-rail system.
The Ten Most Dangerous Intersections In The U.S.
State Farm publishes its list of the ten most dangerous intersections in the U.S., and in each state, and includes photos.
Chicago Airport Expansion Plan Needs More Funds
Chicago's $6 billion expansion plan for O'Hare airport will require an additional $2.8 billion for transportation improvements.
Trains: The Next U.S. Interstate
The question should not be "Can we build an iron Interstate, but, "How quickly can we do it."
Late Night BART
An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
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
