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Public Transit
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Land Use Prof Blog
Needed: More soccer fields!
As my plane approached Chicago’s urban Midway Airport this weekend, we flew low over a handful of playgrounds in the moderate-income neighborhoods. The baseball fields seemed unused, while the…
Land Use Prof Blog
High-tech rail’s failed promise: Seattle and elsewhere …
Last week’s train crash in Germany highlights again the failed promise of high-tech rail lines to help our transportation needs. In the United States, there is an uncertain future…
Land Use Prof Blog
Hometown Week: A Suburb-to-Suburb Subway?
[Hometown Week] A politician running for local office in Maryland this year has a billboard that reads: "Tired of Traffic? Vote for ---." Humor aside, a focal point of his…
Land Use Prof Blog
Skepticism of the promise of public transportation … even North of the border …
I'm an advocate of changing our land use laws and increasing funding to support public transportation - especially for dedicated bus lanes, which seem to be the most efficient…
Land Use Prof Blog
Debussy and Dr. Dre in the subway?
Does music (unsponsored) belong in public places? While nearly everyone claims to a fan, for most people there is some type of music -- perhaps it's hip-hop, goth, or…
Land Use Prof Blog
Road-clogged Seattle and transit-friendly Portland — a tale of two cities
Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. People outside the Northwest tend to think of them as twins –- two pleasant cities nestled among green-glad mountains, under thick clouds, inhabited by…
PropertyProf Blog
Rails to Trails in NYC
By propertyprof
Thanks to Dr. Craig Shelley for sending a link to NPR's lovely story, "Project Gives Forgotten NYC Rail Line New, Lush Life." It's about an abandoned elevated rail in NYC…
Land Use Prof Blog
Public transportation – that’s for losers, right?
I flew to Baltimore/Washington airport this weekend and had to make my way to downtown D.C. The BWI airport is now the busiest of the three in the greater…