Transportation
'Peer To Peer' Public Transportation
In Lyon, France, an ambitious new public transportation program uses pedal power instead of gas.
Alternate Fuels And The Future Of Cars
As gas prices go up, what is the future for hybrid cars and other alternative fuels for cars?
Rethinking Cities: Telecommunication & Transportation
John M. Eger writes about how the Internet can help us rethink our cities.
Bush Announces New Auto Fuel Effiency Rules
Critics say slight increase in fuel effiency standards excludes large SUVs and trucks and provides loopholes for automakers to continue making gas guzzlers.
A History Of Transit Planning (And Not), In Los Angeles
Can LA's new mayor beat back the 'demons that have derailed L.A.’s most ambitious transit plans' and build the rail system Los Angeles deserves?
Friday Funny: Finance Your Fuel
Banks now offering zero percent financing for first-time gas buyers.
SUVs Get A Reprieve
The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) plan will exempt SUVs from mileage regulations, much to the dismay of environmental groups.
Birmingham Could Lose Public Transit
The city of Birmingham, AL. owes the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority more than $2 million in back pay.
MA Prepares To Take Over Big Dig
The contract for completion ends on December 31st, but there's still a lot of work ahead.
Transit Best Practices In National Parks
A new report from the UK provides quantitative and qualitative data on the costs and benefits of transit options for national parks.
The Bicycle Lobby Comes Of Age
The group America Bikes celebrates the new federal transportation bill -- and their new-found power.
Gas Prices Aren't Driving Los Angelenos To Transit
For the most part, higher gas prices don't induce drivers to take public transit. Extra time required for public transit is a major disincentive.
Feel Better About Being In Traffic
The California Department of Transportation is using a new system of electric signs to give motorists more information about freeway traffic.
Germans Pine Over Zoo Station
Planners see its demotion as just another step on the road to reunifying Berlin.
Freeway Tunnel Would Be Nation
Congress has approved $2.4 million to study a five-mile, $2 billion tunnel that would be the longest continuous highway tunnel in the US.
Bush Signs Huge Transportation Bill
President Bush says the $286.4 billion transportation measure will spur the economy.
$100 M In Federal Funds For Pedestrians
Four pilot projects will develop bicycle and pedestrian trails to encourage commuters to give up driving to work.
Proposal For Building Transit Usage
Canada's opposition Conservative party proposes income tax rebate for transit passes.
Vancouver Rail Transit Project Details Finalized
A public-private financing deal has been finalized for Vancouver's Richmond-Airport-Vancouver transit system.
Small Marina Receives Huge Windfall In Federal Transportation Funding
A small marina owner in the northern San Francisco Bay Area has received $20 million to initiate ferry service -- all beneath the radar of the Bay Area Water Transit Authority.
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.
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
