Transportation
Yosemite crowds wait hours to enter park after NPS ends reservation system
Bumper-to-bumper traffic and a lack of parking foreshadowed a potentially chaotic summer.
DC light poles will soon charge your electric car
The city awarded three grants to companies that will install more publicly available EV chargers.
This UK city's bike lanes double as rain gardens and wildlife habitats
Cardiff is combining mobility infrastructure with greening measures to help conserve water, clean the air, and provide shade and greenery.
Dallas area transit prepares for World Cup, asks locals to drive
DART is adding a special shuttle service and creating back-up mechanisms to ensure it can serve all of this summer's World Cup attendees.
Philadelphia adds new safety measures to 13th Street bike lane
The city is piloting plastic, modular bike lane separators that buffer cyclists from the adjacent vehicle lane.
Yes, another thing that car dependency makes worse: DUIs
In the land of the free (and the cars), design incites drinking and driving.
The demise of Spirit Airlines reveals critical gaps in America's affordable transportation
Lower-income Americans face significant mobility challenges.
Waymo suspends service in 4 cities after robotaxi drives into floodwaters
An Atlanta Waymo was filmed driving into a flooded street.
Asheville bus plan could increase frequency at the expense of lesser-used routes
The city plans to increase service on its most-used routes by pulling drivers from less popular lines.
Glacier National Park drops reservation requirement, plans to double down on shuttle network
Since 2021, visitors with cars have had to make a reservation to access the park.
Austin's Project Connect has shrunk to less than half its proposed length — at a higher cost
A highly anticipated light rail project is quickly diminishing in scope as costs soar.
North Carolina Triangle transit ridership jumped 32% in April
Rising gas prices are prompting more Americans to consider public transit, where it's available.
MBTA threatens to use eminent domain to pedestrianize Boston streets during World Cup
Boston city hall has been unusually reluctant to align with MassDOT and MBTA's proposed crowd management plans.
Chicago parking meters are for sale once again
Chicago's 75-year lease of its parking meters to an LLC puts revenue decisions in the hands of private investors.
Kansas City completes riverfront streetcar extension
The streetcar line carries a third of the region's transit riders.
New Penn Station design won't move Madison Square Garden
Amtrak and federal officials agreed on a new plan for the station's redesign that may be largely funded by the federal government.
West Hollywood makes delivery robots paying road users
Cities are looking for creative ways to regulate food delivery robots, in some cases putting them to work gathering data for ADA compliance or collecting revenue for sidewalk maintenance.
Santa Monica residents argue historic airport is 'critical' for public safety
Some locals are asking the city to reconsider its planned closure of the airport in late 2028.
CTA underestimated Chicago transit ridership by 19 million trips
The agency is moving from using farebox data and manual video reviews to automatic counters that more accurately measure the total number of riders, whether or not they pay full fares.
New bill would open federal funds to bike- and scooter-share
Democratic Representative Val Hoyle hopes that the Shared Micromobility Investment Act will remove barriers to cities accessing micromobility funding.
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
