Transportation

Getting Started On The Trans Texas Corridor

The Trans Texas Corridor is a planned statewide corridor for rail, passenger and freight roadways.

December 24, 2004 - Engineering News Record

New Jersey Fast-Track Permit Streamlining To Be Repealed

New Jersey's fast-track Permit Streamlining is called 'fundamentally flawed' and will be repealed.

December 24, 2004 - New Jersey Online

All Metro Wants For Christmas Is...

System reliability blamed on lack of dedicated funding.

December 23, 2004 - The Washington Times

If You Can't Stand The Traffic...

People change their lifestyle as they adapt to rapid growth on the area.

December 20, 2004 - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Ontario

The Wrong Kind Of TOD

Wendell Cox publishes an image of precisely the kind of transit-oriented development planners don't want.

December 18, 2004 - The Public Purpose

The Effects Of Parking Requirements On Urban Density

Off-street parking requirements explain much of the difference in the density of major urban cities.

December 18, 2004 - University Of California Transportation Center

New Beginnings And An End

Subway expansion is the first beyond the system's original boundaries.

December 17, 2004 - The Washington Post

Big Dig's Broken Promises

State officials got an earful at a hearing held yesterday in Boston regarding their proposal to reevaluate the three remaining transit projects promised as mitigation for the reconstruction of the Central Artery.

December 16, 2004 - Boston Herald

Midwest High Speed Rail Report Revised For 2004

New version moves planning from the conceptual stage to the feasibility stage.

December 15, 2004 - The Chicago Tribune

Top Ten Parking Myths Debunked

Line Magazine publishes collection of articles analyzing parking architecture, design and policy.

December 15, 2004 - Line Magazine

It Takes A Transit Village

A new report seeks to demonstrate how better planning can save California's Bay Area billions of dollars and ease the housing shortage.

December 13, 2004 - Transportation And Land Use Collaborative

ZipCar's Car-Sharing Success

ZipCar has become a way of life for 3.5% of residents in it's hometown of Cambridge, MA.

December 13, 2004 - Cambridge Chronicle

Sensitivity Training

Transportation officials, citizens polishing new people-and-pavement policies

December 12, 2004 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The Mother Of All Boondoggles

The People's Waterfront Coalition (PWC), a group of Seattle activists is lobbying Washington State officials to abandon its costly Bostonesque Alaska Way Viaduct replacement project.

December 12, 2004 - The Stranger

Small Cars In The Land Of SUVs

An Acura driver gets a ticket for parking in a parking spot reserved for SUVs.

December 12, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Washington Post Weighs In On Smart Growth Principles

Editorial applauds suburban transit-oriented development and encourages officials to plan smartly.

December 11, 2004 - The Washington Post

Traffic And Mass Transit In Paradise?

O'ahu residents support a new mass transit system -- and are willing to increase taxes to get it.

December 10, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser

Nation's 'Most Ambitious' Integrated Transit Solution

Denver plans to make financing available to developers of low- and moderate-income rental housing near transit stations.

December 10, 2004 - The Denver Post

The Dangerous Future Of Traffic Engineering

Can making roads seem more dangerous actually make them safer? A new form of traffic engineering turns traditional traffic planning upside down.

December 9, 2004 - Wired

Quebec Considers Tax Breaks For Transit Passes

Quebec considers making transit passes tax deductible to reduce pollution and congestion.

December 9, 2004 - The Montreal Gazette

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.