Transportation
Bridge In Troubled Water
Maryland's new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is threatened by a rising price tag.
Terrorist Attack Refocuses Transportation Debate
Los Angeles International Airport was a mess six months ago, and it is a mess now. But it is a mess of an entirely different kind.
Minneapolis' Transit Program Approved
A recommended capital building program would link St. Could and Minneapolis via commuter rail.
Los Angeles Scooter Transit
Driving a mile or two to your local MTA parking lot? For half the parking fee, you can lease a scooter from them.
Segway May Face Patent Trouble In Japan
A Japanese robotics professor claims the Segway Human Transporter resembles a patented machine he invented 15 years ago.
Deciding Amtrak's Future
The Amtrak Reform Council's recommendations for restructuring Amtrak will open up the monopoly to private competition.
Gritty By The Bay: S.F.'s Dirty Transit Secret
Thirteen of 15 San Francisco Bay area transit agencies selected diesel bus fleets over cleaner-air alternatives.
Amtrak Could Face Private Competition
A plan by the Amtrak Reform Council recommends opening up Amtrak routes to private competition.
Congress To Decide Amtrak's Future
The U.S. Congress will decide Amtrak's fate after it receives a final recommendation from the Amtrak Reform Council.
Amtrak Restructuring Plan Highlights
Highlights from the Amtrak reform plan that will go to the U.S. Congress.
Amtrak Should Be Broken Up
A restructuring plan by Amtrak Reform Council recommends that Amtrak should be broken up.
New Philadephia Arts Center Not Integrated With Public Transit
Kimmel Center officials haven’t taken even the simplest steps to promote public transit to visitors.
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.
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.
Caltrans
Smith Gee Studio
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
