Transportation
Can Maglev solve L.A.'s Transit Problem?
"Why can't Los Angeles and Southern California have a world-class transportation system like other great cities?"
San Francisco Races To Halt Pedestrian Deaths
California's most dangerous city for walking responds to the high pedestrian death rate with fines, ads, and high-tech.
Transit Village: MTA's Newest Plan
Live, shop, hang out--all within a quarter mile of the metro transportation you use to get to work. Some villages are underway, with others planned.
Landowners To Unveil Transit Overhaul Plan
Landowners pushing the North Livermore development plan presented a $50 million transit proposal to Livermore city and county planning commissions on Tuesday.
San Francisco's Lousy Cab Service
Now there is a place where San Francisco residents can complain about how lousy their cab service is.
Freeway Landscapes and Timescapes
"As 'natural landscapes' become increasingly elusive and scarce, and as sprawl consumes greaterterritory, there may be more attempts to create 'wilderness infills' in the midst of urbanized areas."
Colorado's Bicycle Expressway?
Bicyclists are calling for a bicycle expressway between Boulder and Denver.
Colorado's Transit Ultimatum
Colorado Transportation director gives Jefferson County officials an ultimatum: plan for the missing link to the metro beltway.
Denver's High-Tech Parking Solution
Denver considers an innovative and high-tech approach to evening downtown parking problems.
In Seattle, Traffic Is Good For Some
Having some of the worst traffic in the U.S. is actually good for something in Seattle -- dot-com advertising.
Transit Tax Comes Due In Denver
Denver transit agency gives Park Meadows an ultimatum: collect the transit sales tax, or forfeit rail access to the mall.
About Freeway Soundwalls
Love 'em or hate 'em, soundwalls have become a very familiar sight on our freeways.
El Toro Awaits A Crucial Decision
On the anniversary of Orange County facility's renovation, the battle over El Toro goes on.
Innovative Traffic Safety Grants Announced
Governor Davis announces $59.2 million in grants to improve traffic safety.
Speed Buttons Lose To Thermoplastic
Alas, the Texas Department of Transportation is replacing the ceramic lane divider buttons with thermoplastic striping.
Caltrans: FasTrak Costs Soar
Caltrans estimates its decade-long FasTrak project will cost $76.6 million -- more than twice the orginal cost.
New Runways Into S.F. Bay Approved
Panel approves new runways into the San Francisco Bay; environmentalists oppose the decision.
A New Runway In The San Francisco Bay
Regional planners paved the way yesterday for San Francisco and Oakland airports to build new runways out into San Francisco Bay.
Leaders Call for Unified Rail Plan
Bay Area transit leaders are pushing for a equitableregional rail plan that would find support among all players.
L.A. Traffic Good for Drivers' Health?
Study ranks California as the fourth safest state for drivers.
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 Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
