Houston has been studying constructing a commuter line down the 249 corridor but if it plays out as usual, it's going to skip a number ...

If there is one thing we've learned over the last few decades, suburban political forces are a drain on cities. For everyone wants to b...

Ok. I guess I should come clean. In 2004 I held my breath and voted for the Capital Metro commuter rail line when I lived in Austin. Give...

Some telling comments from the Austin Chronicle : Council Member Sheryl Cole sits with Leffingwell on the Transit Working Group; she had he...

Long Beach is looking at streetcars ~~~ Quatar has a $22B deal with Deutsche Bahn to build freight, passenger, and Metro rail lines using S...

As Becks notes , I think its important to start thinking 20 years ago about transbay capacity. Unfortunately we haven't had a real conv...

Have you ever had a picnic on the grass on a major bridge ? ~~~ Officials in India are calling for high rises . I'm surprised they didn...

They are thinking about it : On Tuesday, Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz and most of the Juarez city council accepted a resolution from the E...

Ok. I get it. They want more money . Stadiums such as football that get used 8 times a year are pretty much worthless in urbanism. But d...

The transit hub tax credit is pulling in folks that didn't think it was a possible option before. Because of amendments to the Urban Tr...

Check out this really cool/not cool video of the swaying Manhattan Bridge. Kind of freaky when you think about how many full bends it took...

Check out the video of crush loaded Indian Railways at the City Fix . It's no wonder more people die on Indian Rails than anywhere els...

Links and ink: I really like the idea of setting a baseline for ridership and road usage so you can use it for performance measures later. ...

For cities that are more advanced in transit connectivity, bigger plans are taking shape on how to connect regional rail systems. That is, ...

Previously we posted videos from the Charlotte effort against repeal. Here are some of the videos the Salt Lake City Chamber was kind enoug...

From the Charlotte Observer's Steve Harrison : The streetcar proponents say it will be far more successful than a bus because people res...

Looks like Montreal could reap the benefits of electrification sooner than others. Agence Métropolitaine de Transport and Hydro-Québec agre...

Locals might remember these commercials. I was at the transit initiatives conference this weekend and folks played these spots that were ma...

When someone litigates a transit vote that won by 62%. That is insane. A clear majority, 69%, in both counties voted for the SMART train....

The R5 is not a getaway vehicle...