Transportation
How New Yorkers Would Use The Smart Car
Dan Barry conjures up unintended uses for DiamlerChrysler new ultracompact Smart Car.
Twin Cities Chooses Light Rail Over BRT
Light rail comes out the winner in another showdown against train vs. bus in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
China's Maglev Extension Revived?
While the Beijing-Shanghai line has long been scraped, plans for a line from Shanghai to Hangzhou are still in play.
'Who Killed The Electric Car?'
A new documentary looks at how the future of the electric car was sabotaged.
Colorado Mulls Privately-Funded Toll Road
A private developer's proposal to build a 33-mile toll road bypassing a heavy traffic area in Colorado Springs depends on a crucial city council vote. But even if approved, the mostly private public-private development may not be necessary.
Exploring New York City - A Multimedia Journey
A resident of New York City offers multimedia impressions of the city, its modes of transport, and environmental history.
Eisenhower's Interstate Legacy
The world's largest public-works project, the Interstate, fully transformed Americans' lives.
San Diego Prefers Transit To Highways
An independent review panel of experts has challenged the transportation aims of the San Diego Association of Governments, saying it has focused too much on auto-oriented development and is essentially promoting sprawl.
Smart Growth Key To British Columbians' Health Advantage
BC has about half the obesity rate of the Northwest states, a one-third lower car-crash fatality rate, and its residents live an average of two years longer. Why?
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Bloggers
Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is the subject of a wide variety of blogs, which chronicle the good, the bad, and the, well, ugly.
U.S. Transportation Chief Resigns
Longest serving member of the Bush cabinet, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta has resigned.
Environmental Law Halts Bike Plan In San Francisco
A 1970 environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act, was used to temporarily halt San Francisco's bike plan from being implemented. The law ensures environmental review of projects that plaintiff's felt was inadequate for the plan.
Paying For Less Parking
The City of Portland, Maine, might join other cities around the country by lowering its parking requirements in exchange for a fee from developers.
Transit Agencies See Rise In Ridership
Discretionary riders, a demographic transit officials have coveted but have had difficulty luring, are using public transit more and more across the United States as gas prices rise.
NJ Transit Villages Begin To Appear
Though not fully completed TODs, small pockets of development around transit have emerged with more to follow.
Report Links High Car Crash Fatalities To Sprawl
The Cascadia Scorecard documents an emerging body of research indicating that car-centered urban design contributes to a high death and injury toll from car crashes and a high obesity rate, among other ills.
How The Automobile Changed Southern California
Los Angeles Times Special Commemorative Edition looks at how cars have defined the culture and identity of Southern California.
Is Sprawl Good For Montreal?
Wendell Cox argues for the "upside of sprawl", or "suburbanization" as he prefers to call it, in Montreal.
Stockholm's Congestion Tax Works
The toll cordon around central Stockholm has reduced weekday motor vehicle traffic. Will voters support its continued operation in an advisory referendum vote in September 2006?
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
Custer County Colorado
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Jefferson Parish Government
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
