Transportation
Seattle Monorail Costs Top $1 Billion
Proponents say the 14-mile monorail system can be built faster and cheaper than light rail.
Poking Holes In Pro-Sprawl 'Science'
Anti-New Urbanism has become a cottage industry, but this report stuffs its proponents back in their box.
Profile Of L.A.'s New Transit Chief
Roger Snoble is a planner who suddenly found himself running a major transit agency.
Chicago Transit Authority: End Its Misery
Dennis Byrne expresses his views about the current battle between the Chicago Transit Authority and the Regional Transit Authority.
Industrial Designer To Add Style To New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit hired top industrial designer Cesar Vergara to transform locomotives, buses, passenger cars, signs, schedules, and transit villages in an ambitious effort to rival mass transit in Europe.
New York's Mass Transit Systems Under Severe Strain
Mass transit systems in New York are suffering after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Can Local Transit Solve Regional Problems?
A columnist argues that planners should not try to use San Francisco's BART to fix regional transportation woes.
Plane-Train Links Improving In The U.S.?
Joe Sharkey points out examples of "smart" transportation planning in the U.S. and how airport-train links are beginning to resemble those in Europe.
Detroit Draws Closer To Regional Transit System
Is Detroit's sour attitude to public transportation finally ending? It looks that way in the city that invented mass production of private vehicles and ardently pursued the nation's sprawling development patterns.
Talk Of The Nation: Car Of The Future
Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan talks with experts about the latest developments in the automobile industry.
Why Amtrak Won't Be Reformed
Amtrak's political protectors have once again forestalled the liquidation of the "government's national passenger railroad".
Ginger's Competitors
The Segway Human Transporter is designed for covering distances that are too far to walk but too close to drive to. But other devices that do the same thing are already available.
The Coast Starlight: Amtrak's Future?
A review of the Amtrak's Coast Starlight train that links Seattle with Los Angeles.
The Latest In Bus Tracking Systems
San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency is adding GPS units to all lines within five years.
Who Has The Nation's Worst Roads?
California has the nation's worst roads, followed by Louisiana, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
Carfree Times
The January, 2002 issue includes a feature article on how the center of Athens in being rebuilt for the 2004 Olympic games.
GPS To Track Metro Buses
A $4 million project to install global positioning technology on buses to improve puntuality and safey will be the first of its kind.
A Gateway To Frederick, MD
A new rail link connects Frederick, MD, to Washington D.C.
The First Bicycle Policy Chief?
Paris, France may be the first city to officially appoint a bicycle policy chief.
Why Amtrak Doesn't Deserve Aid Anymore
Joseph Vranich, a self-confessed champion of passenger trains, is against government funding for Amtrak.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
