Transportation
Negative Consequences Of Auto-Centric Development
A new Florida law making it more difficult for seniors to renew their driver's licenses if their vision is failing shows how auto-oriented development and a lack of transportation alternatives has drastic social and financial consequences.
Transit-Oriented Development Study: Factors For Success
A California TOD study examines state-of-the-practice of transit-oriented development (TOD) in California and across the United States.
'The Next Big Thing In Transportation'
Why hasn't Personal Rapid Transit technology not yet found it's natural market?
Can London's Bold Traffic Solution Work In The U.S.?
Neal Peirce reviews London's daring "congestion pricing" plan and wonders if such a solution will work in the U.S.
Can Aerial Drones Unsnarl Traffic?
Pilotless planes like those used by the U.S. military will be tested in Ohio to battle traffic jams.
Transit-Oriented Development: Density, Design, and Diversity
What planners can do to ensure that transit-oriented development works as advertized.
Intelligent Transportation: Urgent For Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's Secretary of Public Works illustrates the potential for an integrated mass transit system in conjuction with the opening of San Juan's new heavy rail system.
Doonesbury Takes SUV Arms Race To Next Level
The M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle -- the final Word in family transportation!
Speeders Beware Of That Muscle Car
Maryland State police patrol in powerful Camaros looking for aggressive drivers.
Should Airlines Follow The Congestion Pricing Model?
The UK government is considering charging airlines extra for flying in gridlocked skies instead of expanding airports.
L.A.'s Successful Downtown Transit Hub
Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, once the gateway to postwar L.A., is thriving once again with thousands of daily commuters.
Moving The Dead To Make Room For Light Rail In Charlotte
A controversy is ensuing over the possible relocation of graves from a historic cemetery to make room for a new light rail line in Charlotte, NC.
City Considers Turning Downtown Streets Over To Cyclists, Pedestrians
Indianapolis is considering a $15 million to $20 million walking, skating and biking path of a dimension unparalleled in the United States
L.A. Freeway Expansions Run Into Wall Of Opposition
Two high profile, multibillion-dollar freeway expansion projects were met with a resounding public and political outcry in the land of the automobile.
New Image For 8 Mile
Community leaders try to break image of road as barrier between have and have nots.
Los Angeles' Freeway Expansion Gets Rejected
After weeks of community uproar, planners drop plans to expand one of L.A.'s most notoriously-congested freeways.
SUVs Banned From Parking In Dense Neighborhoods
A community does not allow SUVs to park on its narrow streets.
Roads Just Redistribute Growth
A study in the Spring, 2003 issue of JAPA finds that roads just redistribute growth, but transit-oriented development could balance the disparities.
Transit: The Politician's Best Friend?
Wendell Cox reflects on the promises of politicians to solve the problem of traffic congestion in the Toronto area by improving public transit.
Pricing Cars Off The Roads?
New car fees will drive us nuts -- or to Oregon, writes San Francisco Chronicle columnist Rob Morse.
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
