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New Crematory Evades City Planners

16 July 2008 - 11:00am
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
City officials in Snellville, near Atlanta, claim they cannot stop the pending arrival of a new crematorium along a busy street and near homes.
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Transportation Engineers Facing Declining Funds

14 July 2008 - 11:00am
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Florida are looking at a future of dwindling resources for road-building, and projecting the need for alternative transportation.
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Can Planning Happen More Quickly?

25 June 2008 - 12:00pm
BBC
Members of the British Parliament attempt to speed up the process for planning major projects. But some advocates and observers fear the public's voice will be muted.
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Oil Prices Affecting Asphalt As Well, Creating Opening For Greener Roads

2 June 2008 - 10:00am
CNET News
Asphalt is a byproduct of oil production, and so is getting more expensive along with rising oil costs. A $5 million research project is looking for greener solutions.
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How Urban Road Networks 'Evolve'

29 April 2008 - 10:00am
New Scientist
Think a city's road network is a result of rational planning? Well, think again. After analyzing over 300 cities -- both old and new -- scientists have discovered that cities tend to grow like organisms, and follow a similar mathematical pattern.
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Summer Heat May Thaw Frozen Winter Roads

27 April 2008 - 9:00am
The Guardian
Officials in the United Kingdom are looking at a new technique to deal with frozen winter roads -- by collecting and saving summer heat.
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Samuel Staley

Are planners ready for the Drew Carey (not so free) freeway?

16 October 2007 - 5:43am

Technology creates new challenges and opportunities, and this came home to me a couple of weeks ago when I was previewing a rough cut of Gridlock: Hell on Wheels, a video on traffic congestion released by Reason Foundation today. In the video, Comedian Drew Carey makes the following off-the-cuff comment on a morning drive-time radio show: “I would love to own a freeway in LA.”

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