Transportation
LA's MTA: Self-Inflicted Wounds
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed takes a hard look at some of the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's recent self-inflicted wounds.
Businesses Support San Jose BART
A $6 billion ballot measure to extend BART to San Jose gets a boost when the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group lends support.
Region Won't Forfeit Billions Over 710 Freeway
The EPA will not pull $4.5 billion in regional transportation fundingif controversial 710 Freeway is not completed.
Riverside County to Plan Four New Highwways
A divided city commission voted to study two interior and twointer-county highways.
Terminal Expansion: Not Without Curfew
In its decade-long effort to gain approval for a new terminal, the Burbank Airport Authority is examining the possibilities of a curfew.
Florida Puts Rail On The Fast Track
Ignoring official disinterest, Florida residents will vote on whether to build high-speed rail liking five cities.
Colorado's Light Rail: Success?
Critics claim Colorado's Regional Transit District officials are manipulating numbers to demonstrate success.
BART Fight Is On
Silicon Valley opposes a mandated fee while Assemblyman looks to annexation in BART extension to San Jose.
A Metro Aqua Line?
A Metro Aqua Line on the Westside? A civic group decided to promote transportation dialogue by posting 8 MTA-like signs showing westside stations.
Burbank Airport Compromise
A smaller terminal may be the middle ground in an ongoing dispute over the future of Burbank airport.
A Chicagoan's View Of LA Subways
Chicago writer describes her experience on the LA Subway: "The honor system on a city subway? Isn't that a little like an honor system at an ATM?"
Bad News for O.C. Commuters
Going to Orange County? Plan to spend a lot more time in getting there.
Transit Success Downside
The North Hollywood subway is so successful, that there is a shortage of parking. Commuters are frustrated.
Santa Clara's Fight For Transit
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority votes to put a 30-year extension of a half-cent sales tax on the ballot for BART and mass transit.
Road Fee on New Development?
The Western Riverside Council of Governments has formed a committee to study imposing a road-improvement fee on new development
LA-Las Vegas Rail Route In Trouble
The sleek, Spanish-designed rail cars Amtrak plans to use for the route don't meet new federal crash-safety standards.
Traffic Flow Metering...By Instinct
When high-tech fails, a Caltrans employee controls the flow metering lights that regulate traffic across San Francisco's Bay Bridge - the busiest toll bridge in the world.
Santa Clara County Rejects BART Tax for Ballot
Santa Clara County supervisors reject a BART extension tax for the November ballot.
Who Should Pay For BART Extension?
Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) wants Santa Clara County to pay for rail extensions to Livermore and Antioch.
Ferry System Plan Faces Hurdles
Ambitious $1 billion plan for a Bay Area ferry system faces enormous hurdles.
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
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
