Transportation

Ecomobility festival Carfree

What Happened When a Neighborhood Banned Cars for a Month

A recently published book describes the outcomes of the EcoMobility festival held in Suwon, South Korea during September of 2013.

April 19, 2015 - Pop-Up City

Transit Cuts in Wisconsin Making it Harder to Connect People to Jobs

Buses in the Milwaukee County Transit System now reach 1,300 fewer employers than it did in 2001 thanks to state budget cuts.

April 18, 2015 - Urban Milwaukee

Planning for New Protected Bike Lanes in Northeast Seattle

The Seattle Department of Transportation is pitching new bike routes as safe infrastructure for all ages.

April 18, 2015 - The Urbanist

Dallas Takes Largest Version of the Trinity Toll Road Off the Table

It seems like the political winds are moving against the Dallas Trinity Toll Road proposal—but the debate isn't over yet.

April 18, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

Caltrans Sets Ambitious Targets for Alternative Transportation

Following a string of developments in 2014 pushing the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) toward more multi-modal planning, a new Strategic Management Plan lays out ambitious goals for the increased use of alternative modes.

April 17, 2015 - Streetsblog California

Protected Bike Lane Creates Controversy on Chicago's Kinzie Street

A brewing controversy pits a developer and politician against Chicago's Department of Transportation regarding how and where bike lanes work with the auto traffic created by building uses.

April 17, 2015 - Chicago Tribune

Sacramento Streetcar Funding Reaches Key Goal

Imagine taking a streetcar across Sacramento's iconic Tower Bridge for a three mile trip. Backers are en route to securing matching local funding for the project. However, local voters will have the final say in a June 2 Mello-Roos special election.

April 16, 2015 - The Sacramento Bee

LA Ciclavia

The New Bike Map of Los Angeles

A city known for its love of the automobile has been building out its bike network in recent years. The question remains: Is it enough?

April 16, 2015 - KPCC

Planning Better Bike Infrastructure with Wikimaps

Fairfax County, Virginia is taking an innovative approach to crowdsourcing feedback on how to improve bicycle infrastructure around transit stations.

April 16, 2015 - Greater Greater Washington

Now Available on DART's Mobile Ticketing App: Uber

Transit planners who see transportation network companies as a potential benefit to public transit will want to pay attention to Uber's new partnership in Dallas.

April 16, 2015 - Mass Transit

Where D.C.'s Metro Brings in the Most Money

A newly released map shows which stations in the Metrorail system bring in the most revenue for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (D.C. Metro).

April 16, 2015 - Washington City Paper

Social Media Outcry Paves the Way for On-Street Parking in Oklahoma City

Social media outcry has altered the street configuration of Harvey and Hudson avenues in the rejuvenated neighborhood of Midtown in Oklahoma City.

April 15, 2015 - NewsOK

More Improvements Coming for Octavia Boulevard in San Francisco

The street that benefitted by one of the most high-profile and successful freeway removals in the country is due for another makeover.

April 15, 2015 - Hoodline

MARTA Launches Planning Effort for Northern Extension of the Red Line

A plan in the earliest possible stages of outreach and environmental review would extend the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's existing Red Line north of Atlanta farther into Fulton County.

April 15, 2015 - ATL Urbanist

'Hooray' for a Six Cents Gas Tax Bill in Missouri

This St. Louis Patch-Dispatch editorial analyzes the legislature as well as the bill to raise gas taxes two-cent a year for three years, taking aim at Republican House members who will be "automatic no votes." Illinois may also increase its gas tax.

April 15, 2015 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Details about ParkDC—Washington, D.C.'s Performance Parking Program

As the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) quickly approaches the May target for the launch of ParkDC, Greater Greater Washington takes a closer look at what the performance parking program will entail.

April 15, 2015 - Greater Greater Washington

Smartphone car

Boston Parking Meters to Get Smart

Over the next two years, Boston will replace its old parking meters with new ones connected to the internet. With this groundwork in place, pay-by-phone parking is the next step.

April 14, 2015 - BetaBoston

Parking Sign

Book Review: Before 'Park' Became a Verb

With so much to learn just by reading a Wall Street Journal book review of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" by James Longhurst, history professor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, imagine what's to learn by reading the book.

April 13, 2015 - The Wall Street Journal

Businesses Want Vermont to Adopt Nation's First Carbon Tax

Vermont's legislature will take up the carbon tax proposal this week. The tax is construed as largely revenue neutral, i.e., offset by tax decreases and credits, and apply to heating and transportation fuels. Gov. Peter Shumlin has doubts.

April 13, 2015 - WCAX-TV

Seattle Streetcar

New Seattle Streetcars Begin Tests

The First Hill line's streetcars are set to begin service in summer of 2015, and the city is already assembling funds for an extension.

April 13, 2015 - Capitol Hill Times

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.

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