Transportation

Would you be able to hear conversations like this in your personal car? Of course not.

March 24, 2006 - New York Press

Discussion over whether to replace the aging viaduct with a tunnel, and the potential impact on the city’s waterfront, will only intensify as a November advisory election approaches.

March 23, 2006 - The Seattle Stranger

From eminent domain to "condofication", Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2005.

March 21, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

The I-69 NAFTA Highway, to run from Mexico to Canada through the mid-west, has faced extensive opposition in Indiana and elsewhere for its exorbitant costs.

March 20, 2006 - Indianapolis Nuvo

A complex explosive detector is in the works, but will it really make riding safer?

March 19, 2006 - New York Press

As the Fort Worth Dallas Region anticipates the addition of four million people in the next 25 years, the region's transportation planners take a multimodal approach to planning needed improvements.

March 17, 2006 - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Planners hope that Detroit's Airport City will take off, lifting the fate of Detroit, and even Michigan, with it.

March 16, 2006 - Detroit Metro Times

Housing booms along the corridor of a two-year-old light rail line, decades faster than expected.

March 13, 2006 - Directions Newsletter

The Georgia Department of Transportation proposes adding eight lanes to the already 15 lane wide stretch of Interstate Highway 75 that runs through the northern Atlanta suburbs.

March 13, 2006 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

A federally funded program provides low-income commuters, who regularly need three-hours or more on public transit in order to reach suburban jobs, with faster, more feasible options.

March 11, 2006 - Philadelphia City Paper

In Philadelphia alone, $250 million in unpaid traffic tickets could be put to use; new collection techniques are now beginning in earnest.

March 9, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

San Francisco's Transportation Authority director views the initial results of Stockholm's congestion pricing as a good omen for his city's plan to implement a similar program.

March 7, 2006 - San Francisco Examiner

A 'transportation visionary' running for office in Georgia may have the solution to controversial transit problems in the state.

March 4, 2006 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

It might be a good idea to avoid Shades of Death Road on your way to Divorce Court.

March 4, 2006 - BBC News

Cyclists now have a legal right to organize in New York, but what real privileges have the events led to?

March 3, 2006 - New York Press

If we are going to make a genuine effort to address climate change, it means re-evaluating our reliance on passenger jets, says George Monbiot.

March 3, 2006 - AlterNet

Plans for 300 kilometers of the public transit lanes would be complete by 2010, easing congestion in the daily seven million passenger load.

March 3, 2006 - Shanghai Daily

A recent article in Canada's national newspaper pointing out the sad state of Winnipeg's downtown has ignited debate about what's wrong, and how to fix it. Dallas Hansen believes car culture is to blame.

March 3, 2006 - The Winnipeg Free Press

A columnist for the Hindustan Times argues that planners have ignored possible problems with the project in the name of progress.

March 3, 2006 - Hindustan Times

Because of higher diesel fuel prices and increased imports of containerized products, railroads are earning record profits and investing in expansion projects.

March 2, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle