Transportation
Competitive Tendering: A Solution For Metro's Cost Overruns
The problems faced by the D.C. area Metro could be solved by using a system that has been successful in major cities around the world.
The Road Design Revolution: Shared Spaces
Can Hans Monderman's apparently anarchical 'shared space' roadways result in safer communities?
The Worst Cars
Forbes offers a roundup of the ten worst cars on the market, based on worst crash test scores, lowest reliability and lowest residual values.
Should Your City's Streets 'Go Naked'?
Without the conventional rules and regulations of the road in place, drivers tend to slow down, open their eyes and develop a 'feel' for their surroundings.
The Impossible $4 Billion Viaduct
An ambitious $4.1 billion tunnel project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct is 'very, very impossible'.
Transit Use Grows In Montreal
Public transit use in greater Montreal has risen by 7.8% since 1998 according to new origin-destination survey.
Growing Network of Bike Paths And Lanes
The network of bike paths and lanes around Orlando is growing funded in part by federal money for bike and pedestrian traffic.
Do Traffic Lights Cause Crashes?
Traffic lights are inefficient tools to handle traffic, and many should be replaced by roundabouts.
Transit Lacks Political Will
Rail expansion takes a back seat to new highway.
The Structure Of Transportation Revolutions
Author Daniel Sweeny provides an in-depth review of the history of human transportation -- and where it is likely to lead us in the future.
Economic Impact Of Border Wait Times
San Diego's regional planning and transportation agencies are studing the impacts of border wait times on the economy of the San Diego and Baja California border regions.
Amtrak Station Opening At Milwaukee Airport
Milwaukee aims to attract more Chicago passengers.
The Hydrogen-powered Hummer
Is the hydrogen-powered Hummer a vision of the future or contempt for environmentalism?
'Transit Villages' Coming To Toronto's Suburbs
Four new "downtowns" key to bringing rapid transit to fast-growing York Region.
Detroit is Losing the Race for Cleaner Cars
While it is hard to imagine the 20th Century without the automobile, it is equally hard to imagine the 21st Century with it - at least as is. A look at what the international automobile industry is doing to clean up their products.
SUVs are 'Hypocrisy Incarnate'
Consumers are in "denial" about "land tanks" and continue to buy them in huge numbers in spite of the evidence that they are actually more dangerous to drive than standard cars.
Hybrids Causing Congestion
The explosion of the clean fuel vehicle market in Washington has caused heaches for carpoolers.
CA Transportation Systsem 'On Verge Of Collapse'
California's transportation program is in crisis and on the verge of collapse", according to the California Transportation Commission's annual report.
Yahoo Introduces Real-Time Traffic Reports
Yahoo Maps feature real-time traffic information for 70 major U.S. cities.
New Zero-Emissions Vehicles
New hybrid models cater to customers' demand for performance and style.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
