by Lisa Schreibman Federal rules require public involvement in transportation planning. So far, it looks like we have another participation game and the big decisions are still made in a closet. The 1991 amendments to the federal surface transportation program,…
Eight Myths of Traffic Planning by Roger Baker A growing number of planning experts realize that current trends in transportation are unsustainable. Like an addictive drug, a transportation policy oriented around the private automobile dictates urban policies in a way…
by Jon Orcutt The transportation system most South Africans face today is a mixture of patched-up, third-rate public transport inherited from apartheid and a chaotic, unregulated minibus-taxi system that is a source of swelling public complaint. But political transformation in…
The Seventh Generation by Thomas Angotti On Saturday, July 12th of this year, I was performing my daily jogging ritual in Prospect Park, Brooklyn’s great green space, when I came across a biker laid out on the park roadway. She…
Column The Seventh Generation by Thomas Angotti Feature Transportation Struggles in the Post-Apartheid City by Jon Orcutt Eight Myths of Traffic Planning by Roger Baker Are We There Yet? Is There REAL Public Participation Under ISTEA? by Lisa Schreibman Making…