Transportation
LRT Falls Short Of Destination
Seattle's $2.1 billion light-rail project terminates 2.3 miles from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
LAX's Proposed $10 Billion Modernization Plan
Former president of the LAX Airport Commission expresses "grave reservations" about Los Angeles Mayor Hahn's plan.
Designing Bus Lines For New Urban Communities
To achieve the full benefits of life in a new urban community, residents need travel alternatives in order to be free from full-time automobile dependency.
Advances In Signals Operation Research
Researchers have been hampered by existing computer simulation applications could not emulate the latest traffic signal controllers.
New Research On HOT Lanes
Robert W. Poole, Jr. finds a brilliant PhD dissertation from UCLA on HOT lanes that may revolutionize our thinking about how to best manage congested urban freeways.
Resisting The All-American Car
Can Detroit wean U.S. car buyers from "muscle cars?"
Expanding Transportation Choices
Even as commute times grow longer and air quality declines, the U.S. continues putting most of its transportation dollars into highways. Is there a better way?
Tolls For Bridges
A transportation activist argues that tolls should be used "where they work."
A More Walkable Salt Lake
Mayor's proposals call for "walkable communities."
Traffic Solutions Discussed
NPR's Talk of the Nation presents an interesting discussion about traffic issues.
An Alternative To Light Rail
Busways are gaining ground as an alternative to light rail.
Can The Traffic Problem Be Solved?
Will the world end with a traffic jam?
More Driving Solo, Longer To Go To Work
In the county with the shortest commute in Illinois, alternate means of commuting such as biking, walking, and mass transit, are less popular than a decade ago.
Increase In Mass Transit Ridership Is An Illusion
The nation is building urban rail systems but mass transit has not made much difference.
Which Track Should We Get On?
A pair of op-ed essays in the Philadelphia Inquirer, while operating in slightly different spheres, put the rail vs. rubber contrast in good relief.
School-area Roundabouts Pass The Test In Wisconsin
A study of two modern traffic roundabouts in the Green Bay metropolitan area is now available online from the Brown County Planning Commission.
600,000 Tunnel Tourists Turn Out In Boston
600,000 people showed up to tour Boston's new, nearly-complete, 1-1/2 mile-long Central Artery.
Friday Funny: Driving Solo Enforcement Act of 2002
The proposed Driving Solo Enforcement Act of 2002 aims to close down car pool lanes and makes it illegal for more than one person to be in a car at a time.
Time To Rethink Carpool Lanes?
The latest numbers are in from the Census about how Americans get to work. Bad news for carpool advocates.
Orange County Implements Hi-tech 'Talking' Bus System
New voice and display system enhances accessibility and reduces confusion for Orange County transit users.
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
