United States
Should You Learn To Love Sprawl?
A high-powered group of acadedmics and critics join together to consider the positive aspects of sprawl. Are new exurban development getting better?
Next Generation Traffic Simulation
Traffic simulation models offer significant benefits, but after 35 years of development and application, they still have shortcomings. A new study seeks to fill in the gaps.
Why High Gas Prices Will Not Change Driving Habits
Austan Goolsbee explains why a short-term increase in fuel prices is unlikely to change Americans' driving habits.
EPA Asking Companies To Police Themselves
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to reduce the regulatory burden on companies by allowing smaller polluters to report less frequently. Environmentalists are skeptical.
A Profile Of Women In Transportation
In recent years, women have comprised an average of roughly 40 percent of the new transportation graduate students, both master's and Ph.D. candidates. Berkeley ITS profiles several of its recent graduates.
Environmental Organizations Seek To Bolster Waning Superfund Program
Louis Gibbs and other environmental activists seek to reinstate "polluter pays" fees in order to help defray the burden on individual taxpayers.
The Death, Now Afterlife, Of Environmentalism
John Meyer follws up on the 'death of environmentalism' by offering 'the afterlife of environmentalism'.
What Makes A City Resilient?
What gives a city the ability to re-group and come back from natural disaster and human tragedies stronger than before?
Bill O’Reilly Calls Home Builders 'Corrupt'
Bill O'Reilly, Host of the popular O'Reilly Factor television show, calls the housing industry 'corrupt' in an interview with Donald Trump. The National Association of Home Builders prepares to strike back.
Senate's 'State Of Fear' On Climate Change
Reviews of Michael Crichton's appearance before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ranged from 'silly' to 'notable for its nuttiness'.
Redefining Affordable Housing
Policy makers look for creative ways to retain middle class workers and families in areas afflicted by housing price surges.
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed
A bill rapidly moving through the House favors land developers over species.
Escaping Hurricane Katrina By Bike
Man and his dog leaves New Orleans on foot, and rides the rest of the way on a donated bike.
Highway Capacity: A Public Safety Issue?
In a post-9/11 and post-Katrina world, where mass evacuations mean an exodus in private vehicles, does a lack of appropriate freeway capacity represent a public safety hazard, asks Wendell Cox.
Determining the Value of Historic Preservation
Randall Mason examines the difficulties of evaluating the economics of historic preservation, analyzing various approaches and the literature in the field.
New Car Safety Technologies Promise Increases In Fuel Economy
New studies and technologies are causing an important shift in the federal government's thinking about fuel economy rules for SUVs and pickups.
The Density Dilemma
An investigation of compact and transit-oriented development in Texas, California, Oregon, Maryland and Massachusetts suggests serious challenges ahead for density in America, writes Anthony Flint in a working paper for Lincoln.
Six Crucial Questions Facing Coastal Development
According to metereologists we may be heading for a new era of severe Atlantic storms. Coastal communities face six crucial questions.
Exploding Myths about Home Ownership and Renting
A New York Times analysis comparing the costs and benefits of owning versus renting a home turned up surprising results.
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.
Caltrans
City of Fort Worth
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
City of Portland
City of Laramie
