Transportation

Despite a price jump of 75% in gasoline per gallon since 2000, Americans bought 10% more in gas in the first half of 2006.

July 21, 2006 - Business Week Online

The planned $222.5 million transit hub will seamlessly link T.F. Green Airport with Providence and Boston by 2009.

July 20, 2006 - The Providence Journal

A recent commentary argues that surface-level boulevards may be bigger barriers to waterfront pedestrian access than the elevated freeways the replace.

July 19, 2006 - Reason Foundation

Neal Peirce comments on the role of private investment in mega-road projects.

July 18, 2006 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The city will gain new revenue from its attempt to stop employees from parking in front of downtown storefronts.

July 18, 2006 - New Mexico Business Weekly

Chicago area communities restore brick streets for aesthetics and traffic-calming.

July 18, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

Private investment in Amtrak is increasingly seen as part of the solution for the poorly performing national rail service.

July 18, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

While a London-style congestion charge is unpopular with voters, experts agree that a congestion pricing scheme for major arterial roads is the only way to solve the city's traffic problems.

July 17, 2006 - The Sydney Morning Herald

A new service will allow drivers to auction off information about when they will leave their parking spaces to other drivers looking for a spot to park.

July 17, 2006 - National Public Radio: Day to Day

Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich may be trying to sabotage a controversial proposed transit line in suburban Maryland to hide the fact there may not be any money left for it, according to the former chair of the Metro Advisory Board.

July 17, 2006 - The Washington Post

Pedestrian pioneer Alan Durning describes what his family of five is learning by living without four wheels in Cascadia's largest city. Can they survive without the essential currency of the modern American community?

July 17, 2006 - Alan Thein Durning

The Arlington Carshare Program 2006 Report provides a summary of the program and provides a second-year evaluation of the Carshare Program based on member surveys conducted by Arlington in March 2005 and 2006.

July 17, 2006 - Arlington County

Activists in Chicago are seeking private funding for a pedestrian bridge.

July 16, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

Mayor Ken Livingston is proposing raising the city's congestion charge for SUVs to £25, while providing discounts for low-emissions vehicles.

July 14, 2006 - BBC News

A new study shows that Canadians are spending more time getting to and from work.

July 14, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

Trains have played a large role in shaping America's past, and will have a big impact on her future as rail transit continues to change the way we think about urban growth.

July 14, 2006 - The Next American City

Sixty signs of loose bolts and other potential failures are found in the same Big Dig tunnel where a motorist was crushed by 12 tons of falling concrete.

July 14, 2006 - CNN

Neighbors of a successful "downtown" project in a Minneapolis suburb voice concerns that its success may mean more density and parking nightmares for their community.

July 13, 2006 - Minneapolis Star-Tribune

In the begining there was the duty-free shop. These days, though, airports contain a multitude of shopping, dining, and entertainment options, essentially doubling as a suburban mall.

July 13, 2006 - The Next American City

Seven bombs exploded on Mumbai's commuter rail system, the lifeline of the world's fifth most populous metro area. These bombings are the lastest in a decade of terrorist attacks on mass transit around the world.

July 12, 2006 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer