Casey Brazeal is a Chicago-based writer and planner. His background includes time as a research assistant at the Urban Transportation Center and as a reporter with a weekly column for Extra Newspaper in Chicago. He’s also published news stories and interviews for New City Newspaper, Vócalo Radio and Site Sketch 101. Casey received a Masters in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois in Chicago. While at UIC Casey received a certificate in Public Transit Planning and Management.

St. Louis Bus Routes Getting Reworked
MetroBus looks to bump up service along its most popular lines and move less popular bus routes to on-demand only status.

Connecting Central Europe, North to South
Large-scale road and rail projects aim to facilitate travel from the south of Italy all the way up to Sweden and Finland.

Transit Ridership Should Worry Americans More
Ridership declines mean falling revenues for transit agencies, and could be the beginning of a cycle of service cuts and fare increases leading to yet more ridership declines.

Study Finds Rampant Distracted Driving
A study by Zendrive examines how many U.S. drivers can't put down their phones.

Boston Mulling Changes to its Inclusionary Development Policy
The city of Boston is in the midst of a housing boom, and the city is considering asking developers to set aside a larger number of their units for affordable housing.