Transportation
Shanghai Tells Transit Officials To Get On The Bus
The city's government is requiring that high-ranking officials use transit at least one day a month.
Texas Program Helps Motorists 'Trade Up' To Lower Pollution
With several of the state's metro areas failing federal clear air standards, Texas lawmakers are dramatically increasing funding to a program that help drivers of older cars buy new, less polluting vehicles.
Talking With The Parking Evangelist: An Interview With Donald Shoup
UCLA Professor and author of The High Cost of Free Parking visits New York City to preach the gospel of sound parking pricing policies.
Making TOD Work: An Interview With Nathan Cherry
One of the designers behind Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas, one of the first TODs in the country, talks about the recipe for a successful transit-oriented development.
Could Parking Meters Solve Traffic Snafus Around Schools?
One blogger wonders if parking meters would help solve the morning and afternoon traffic jams by discouraging parents from driving their kids to school -- all the while lowering emissions and raising revenue for public education.
L.A. Looking At 'Inland Port' Idea
With high amounts of truck traffic congesting freeways near the county's busy ports, County officials in L.A. are considering creating an 'inland port', where goods travel from the port by rail to be picked up by trucks far from the port complex.
Atlanta Revisits Downtown Parking
The city is responding to a new parking survey by adding uniform public parking signage and revising its parking structure zoning.
Earth To Planners: Americans Want Roads, Not Transit
The current strategy of encouraging traffic congestion and focusing on transit doesn't align with the majority of American's preferences. Instead of continuing to follow failed policy, planners should start using new solutions to increase capacity.
Should A Traffic Engineer Be In Charge Of NYC's DOT?
As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg nears selection of New York City's next transportation commissioner, residents call for a candidate who is interested in moving people, not cars.
Canada To Penalize SUVs, Reward Hybrids
Canadians shopping for a new car will get a rebate for purchasing hybrids, and a penalty for purchasing a gas-guzzler.
Controversial Sierra Nevada Foothill Freeway Revisited
Resurrection of a 1959 plan to construct a freeway along the Sierra Nevada foothills in California's Central Valley is in the works.
When The Road To The Future Erases The Past
Column McCann laments the loss of Ireland's cultural and environmental heritage as a result of the construction of new motorways.
EU Suggests Speed Limits On Autobahn
The European Union's environment commissioner has suggested that speed limits be placed on Germany's autobahn -- one of the last roadways in the world with sections unhindered by speed limits. The EU says limits would help reduce carbon emissions.
Peer-to-Peer Networking... For Traffic
Just like it's possible to share files using peer-to-peer networking, a German research group envisions enabling cars and bikes to share useful traffic and road condition information with other vehicles.
Removing Urban Freeways
As part of our effort to slow global warming, we should be correcting one of the great errors in the history of American city planning: the post-war binge of urban freeway building.
Thinking Beyond Tighter Automobile Fuel Economy
While Congress is eager to increase fuel economy standards to lower petroleum consumption, ill-planned regulations could do more harm than good, says a senior researcher at RAND.
New High-Speed Train Debuts In France
The new Paris-Strasbourg TGV line is the continent's fastest high-speed rail link yet, and will connect France with Germany and Eastern Europe.
Dedicating Light Rail Lanes
The city of Toronto plans to devote dedicated lanes to some of the city's major light rail routes. The project was promised in the mayor's re-election campaign and is expected to cost more than $2 billion.
The Quest For Colored Bike Lane Pavement
Bicycle advocates in San Francisco want the city to pave bike lanes with colored pavement, but so far the city has resisted the plan, citing a lack of standards.
The Biggest Bus In The World
With three sections, five doors, and a 300-person capacity, the "world's largest bus" has been unveiled in Shanghai. The new buses will be used for a planned bus rapid transit line in the city.
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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Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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The Architects Foundation
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