Transportation
Planning For Livable Communities And The Urban Train
Plans are being developed around an upcoming Urban Train alignment with a Livable Communitities and New Urbanism focus.
CA Freeways To Join Rest Of The Nation
California will finally join the rest of the nation in numbering its state and interstate freeway exits.
Retro Metro
D.C. officials are interested in a revival of the streetcar to tackle transportation problems.
Lapp Named New N.Y. MTA Director
Katherine M. Lapp is appointed the new executive director of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Stormy Skies Over Chicago
State and local politics complicate decisions about much-needed airport expansion in the Chicago.
Transit Roundabout Trend Is A Nightmare
Transportation planners across the U.S. are replacing stop signs with roundabouts designed to slow drivers. The impact is precisely the opposite.
Revolutionary Public Transit System To Be Launched
The Urban Light Transport system is a revolutionary idea in public transportation .
Train Stations Transform Urban Design
New train stations across Europe and East Asia are transforming cities.
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.
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.
Ada County Highway District
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
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
