Transportation
The Challenge Of Rebuilding Iraq
In looking for the secret to successfully rebuilding Iraq, the Bush Administration may review previous reconstructions in other war-torn lands such as Kuwait, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan.
Total Gridlock
Recent reports find that the L.A. public transit strike is significantly clogging the city's highways.
Driving In Circles
A new book examines the 'vicious cycle' of highway development and its impact on sprawl.
Bus vs. Rail
Are fast and efficient buses 'the wave of the future,' or just a cheaper alternative to rail?
Improving Metropolitan Decision Making In Transportation
A daunting set of transportation challenges threaten to undermine metropolitan areas' competitive edge in the global economy.
Skybuses: An Alternative For Congested Cities?
India's Skybus project will cost less than half a traditional metro railway system, will not displace people, and will provide a comfortable and relatively inexpensive transportation alternative.
Speed It Up
Indiana lawmakers are stalling on plans to connect the state to a Midwestern high-speed rail network.
A Small Southern City Thinks Big
With road-building budgets shrinking, its time to get creative about moving traffic while enhancing 'community'
LA Transit Strike A Threat To Employment
For the car-less in California, transit strikes are a real threat to jobs, education and health.
Personal Rapid Transit Will Never Happen
Randal O'Toole offers his perspective on why Personal Rapid Transit will never happen -- and how it will happenif it does.
Light Rail May Increase Sales, Property Values
Rail transit tends to generate increased retail sales and increased business and residential property values, studies find.
Memphis Light Rail Comes In Under Budget
The Memphis light rail extension provides another example of new rail transit lines are coming in on time, under budget.
Performance Indicators In Urban Transport Planning
Wendell Cox offers a methodology for allocating public resources to transit strategies that most effectivelycontribute to the achievement of long term transport objectives.
Portland Light Rail Extension To Open Early And Under Budget
The 5.8-mile Yellow Line running between the Rose Quarter and the Portland Expo Center will open May 1, ahead of schedule and about $30 million less than its $350 million budget. The original opening target was Sept. 7, 2004.
Green Signal For Fast Trains
Rail has proven itself reliable, economically viable, and better for the environment, writes the Christian Science Monitor.
WA Considering Raising HOV Restriction
WA is considering raising the HOV restriction to 3 instead of 2 people.
He Wants To Reclaim Towns For Pedestrians
Dan Burden heads a nonprofit group that helps towns be more pedestrian-friendly.
No End In Sight To L.A. Transit Strike
As the transit strike in Los Angeles enters its third day, 1/2 million are stranded. Is the MTA is actually making money on the strike?
Sacramento Light Rail: On Time, On Budget
Despite California's continuing economic downtown, Sacramento Regional Transit's new LRT "South Line" is meeting initial ridership expectations.
Conservative Utah Residents Take To The Rails
Salt Lake City TRAX light rail boosts Utah Transit Authority patronage to more than 100,000 daily trips.
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
