Transportation
Cars Killing Suburban Dwellers But Not By Accidents
The problem is that suburban and rural dwellers are much more likely to drive everywhere, and that means they have a higher chance of being obese or overweight, a health lobby group says.
More Rail The Prescription For Los Angeles
Councilmember Tom LaBonge urges county policymakers to plan for heavy-rail infrastructure for the future.
Designating The Urban Interstates
The urban Interstates are sometimes blamed for the same problems they were designed to solve. A new article focuses on how the urban Interstates were selected.
Supersized Highways
Texas is planning a behemoth, statewide transit system that raises more questions than it answers.
Bush May Cut Amtrak Budget
Move to eliminate federal subsidies for Amtrak will likely be opposed in Congress.
Taxing SUVs
New transportation bills in Pennsylvania call for a range of creative measures to encourage mass transit.
Move Over Hummer -- The Extreme Truck Is Here
The hip new thing in celeb vehicle bling is the International CXT, or commercial extreme truck.
Road Plan Squeezing Homeowners
Florida Department of Transportation is purchasing 30 homes to widen the State Road 826 in Miami-Dade County.
TOD Is About 'Developing A New American Dream'
Jennifer Dorn, administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, explains the benefits of TOD in Phoenix.
The Subway Crisis
New York City's subway system faces it greatest challenge in decades.
The New Competition For Bus Routes
Start-up bus companies are learning from Jet Blue and finding profit in popular bus routes. Travel from Boston to New Yrok for only $10.
Plug-In Play Hybrids
Enterprising hybrid owners tinker to get better mileage.
Train Configuration May Have Increased Risk
The deadliest U.S. rail crash since 1999 may have worsened by the locomotive pushing passenger cars from the rear.
Deadly U.S. Rail Crash Caused By Suicidal Man
A man attempting suicide parked his SUV in front of a Los Angeles commuter train, then jumped out in time to watch the three-train pile-up that killed 11 and injured 180.
GAO Report On Highway And Transit Investments
A new GAO report explores improving information on transit projects' benefits and costs and increasing accountability for results.
Test Your 'MetroRail IQ'
On the first anniversary of the Main Street light rail line, the Houston Chronicle's transportation columnist offers his own MetroRail IQ test.
Smart Vs. Mini
What's less than five feet wide, eight feet long, seats two, and gets more than 60 miles per gallon?
Ford Prepares For A Bleak Urban Future
Fords envisions a vehicle for the future -- the SNYus. Is America's urban future so bleak that soccer moms need armored SUVs with non-opening bullet-resistant windows?
Competitive Tendering: A Solution For Metro's Cost Overruns
The problems faced by the D.C. area Metro could be solved by using a system that has been successful in major cities around the world.
The Road Design Revolution: Shared Spaces
Can Hans Monderman's apparently anarchical 'shared space' roadways result in safer communities?
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.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
