Traffic/Parking
NACE launches "Local Roads Matter" campaign
State and federal funding policies are denying local governments the resources they need to maintain roads in their jurisdictions, according to the National Association of County Engineers....
Street designs unfriendly to elders, report shows
Two-thirds of transportation planners and engineers do not address the needs of senior citizens in their planning, according to a AARP report....
Chicago competition gathers ideas for increasing transit ridership
The Chicago Transit Authority now has 125 new ideas for increasing regional mass transit ridership to 1 billion rides a year....
New publication explores the politics of urban planning
The U.S. population is expected to reach 350 million by 2025, and cities had better plan appropriately now to meet the needs of future residents, according to a new publication from the Urban Land Institute....
And the winner is...
Irvine, Calif., and Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based Bomel Construction have received a Project of the Year Award from the Southern California chapter of the American Public Works Association....
Getting there
New York has contracted with Norwalk, Conn.-based EMCOR Group to upgrade electrical systems along a portion of The Wantagh State Parkway on Long Island...
Fun in the seaside sun
Hollywood, Fla., celebrated the openings of its newly constructed two-story Garfield Street Community Center and 408-space, six-story parking garage this...
Did Darwin study parking garages, too?
Parking decks often are not much to look at or ponder, but architect Shannon McDonald has written a book that explores their history and calls for their...
Steering transit progress
In 2000, Albuquerque's transit department had earned a bad reputation with problems that included safety issues, drivers who had gone years without a...
Turning around parking
As public transit ridership has increased in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Metro Transit has been expanding its network of buses, trains...
PARKING/Simulation aids city in selecting garage design
In 1999, Cerritos, Calif., began planning a major expansion of its municipal library that would give it 50 percent more floor space and room for 250 new...
