Transportation

Party Cars: Southern California's Transit Subculture

A subuculture common on East Coast commuter trains begins to emerge in Southern California.

October 12, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

What Does A Typical Transit Rider Look Like?

An advertisement seeks to change the stereotype of a transit rider.

October 12, 2004 - Adweek

An Unusual Transit Solution

A study commissioned by officials in Ogden , UT, concludes a gondola system would be cheaper than a light rail line.

October 12, 2004 - Daily Herald

Rail's Problems Of Success

Growing ridership is causing crowding and delays on the Orange Line in Northern Virginia.

October 11, 2004 - The Washington Post

Transit Fact Book

A new TCRP manual contains background, statistics, and a framework for measuring transit availability and quality of service from the passenger point of view.

October 10, 2004 - Transit Cooperative Research Program

Essential Public Facilities: Protection Against NIMBYism?

What saved Seattle's light rail project?

October 10, 2004 - The Seattle Times

Canadians Using Transit In Record Numbers

A new report releassed by the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) reveals that Canadian public transit services provided 1.553 billion trips nationally in 2003 -- 22 million more than in 2002.

October 9, 2004 - The Globe and Mail

European SUV Backlash Spreads

Politicians around Europe are discovering the popularity of anti-SUV measures.

October 8, 2004 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Public Transit Ridership Increases In Canada

Canadian Urban Transit Association reports record public transit usage numbers.

October 7, 2004 - The Toronto Star

Gas Prices And Transit Ridership Unrelated

Ridership on mass transit systems across the U.S. seem to be slipping, despite significantly higher gas prices.

October 7, 2004 - CBS News

Minnesotans Support Expanding Public Transit

Poll finds support for expanding the public transportation system.

October 7, 2004 - Pioneer Press

Making Downtown Safer For Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Fort Lauderdale puts forth sweeping changes to transportation plan in order to change anti-pedestrian image.

October 7, 2004 - Sun-Sentinel

Will Higher Gas Taxes Save Mass Transit?

Pennsylvania considers increasing state gasoline tax to subsidize transit.

October 7, 2004 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Is The CTA Unsustainable?

In a Chicago Tribune editorial, Wendell Cox charges that Chicago's Transit system is is fiscally unsustainable.

October 6, 2004 - The Chicago Tribune

Every Road A Toll Road

A group of states are investigating how to replace the fuel tax with a fee based on the number of miles traveled.

October 5, 2004 - The Houston Chronicle

Seattle's Monorail Mess

$1.6 billion monorail initiative is on a collision course.

October 3, 2004 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Car Free Day

Car Free Day has been slow to catch on in the "car-obsessed" U.S.

September 27, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Hummer Is For Wimps

The Hummer looks like a bicycle next to the International CXT. This new truck that gives seven miles a gallon may be the world's "least eco-friendly production vehicle."

September 27, 2004 - BBC News

A Social, Moral And Environmental Case For Driving More

John Tierney questions prevailing beliefs about urban sprawl, suburbs, and the automobile.

September 27, 2004 - The New York Times

A Journalist Reviews Anchorage Transit

A reporter chronicles his experience taking Ancorage's People Mover bus system and concludes that, if you have time time, it'a a "great bargain."

September 27, 2004 - Anchorage Daily News

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