Transportation
America's Worst Bottlenecks And The Benefits Of Fixing Them
The American Highway Users Alliance unveiled its report on America's worst traffic choke points in the highly anticipated 2004 Bottleneck Study.
If You Build It They Really Will Come
New roads bring new development, not faster commutes, to Oakland County Michigan
The Economics of Rail Transit Funding
North Salt Lake commuter rail line given green light from federal government.
A Fee For Owning Three Or More Cars?
The City of Berkeley, CA, is re-considering charging a fee to residents who own three or more cars.
Cars - Instant Pleasures and Long Term Impacts
A new book titled "Car Wars: How cars won our hearts and conquered our cities" discusses the wide-ranging impact of cars on our lives.
Congestion Charge Scofflaws' Cars Are Crushed
Forty cars owned by congestion charge scofflaws avoiding the £5-a-day fee get crushed in London.
Government Must Make Public Transit A Priority
A Canadian transit lobby group is calling on the federal Liberals to carry through on their urban-renewal promises by dedicating a few cents of the gasoline tax to cover a looming shortfall in public transportation.
A Streetcar Named Success
Even small transit projects can make a difference.
Nation's 24 Worst Traffic Bottlenecks
American Highway Users' Alliance releases a lits of the nation's 24 worst highway bottlenecks.
The Future Of Surface Transportation Reauthorization
Innovation Briefs offers a report and commentary on the current status ofthe surface transportation reauthorization and the U.S. DOT FY 2005appropriations request.
Transport And The City
Is there a connection between transport infrastructure and a city's competitiveness?
To Speed Or Not To Speed
Drivers across the nation are speeding ancd contributing to more deaths on the roads. Should the speed limits be raised or lowered?
Great Rail Disasters
A new Reason Foundation report identifies 23 U.S. cities that have or are planning 'disastrous' rail transit systems.
Rail Infrastructure Critical For America's Mobility
Federal investment in intercity rail necessary to relieve congestion and improve travel choice.
Underground Transit Route Proposed for Vancouver
Three transit proposals for the estimated $1.7 billion route have in common a tunnel beneath Vancouver's downtown core.
Setting An Example For A New Century?
Washington, DC-area subway system may allow pervasive advertising methods inside the subway system including television.
Congestion Charging Catching On
As London's congestion charging scheme celebrates it's first year success, cities around the world are contemplating the concept.
Context-Sensitive Transportation Design
Planning officials and resident stakeholders often at loggerheads concerning the re-design of Geogia's State Route 54.
Time For A Fresh Start For GAO Bus Rapid Transit Report
The 2001 GAO report on Bus Rapid Transit is deeply flawed and needs tobe replaced by a new GAO analysis with a credible methodology.
Why Commuters Love and Hate The Metro
Commuters complain about Washington DC's Metro system but use it all the same. For Planning Practice, Alex Marshall rides the rails to find out why.
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
