Seattle’s Transportation Transformation
The First Hill Streetcar in Seattle’s International District. (© Seattle Department of Transportation, Creative Commons License) Today in Seattle, you can stand on Third Avenue between Pike and Pine...
View ArticleUrban Infrastructure: The Growing Influence of Atlanta’s BeltLine
Author and urban designer Ryan Gravel speaking at the ULI 2017 Carolinas Meeting. For Ryan Gravel—an urban planner by training who initially proposed the concept of the BeltLine in his Georgia Tech...
View ArticleFreeway Lids: Reconnecting Communities and Creating New Land for Development
The Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minneapolis has developed renderings of potential lid projects at key sites along the I-94 corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul. (image courtesy...
View ArticleBuilding on Success of TOD in Seattle with ST3
An overview of what the Sound Transit system surrounding Seattle Washington, will look like when it is fully built out in 2042. (Courtesy of Sound Transit) When Sound Transit completes its third phase...
View ArticleAttracting Millennial Workers to Florida: Transit Could Help
A rendering of the West Palm Beach station for the Brightline, a privately funded rail line, with service projected to begin between Miami and West Palm Beach in mid-2017. Construction of the...
View ArticleAutonomous Vehicles: Hype and Potential
Autonomous cars could achieve efficiencies by communicating with each other and coordinating their movements. Every new transportation technology affects the geography of communities and the structure...
View ArticleHow San Diego’s Smart City Tech Is Reducing Traffic, Saving Energy
Robert Lamb/Unsplash San Diego is rolling out the largest city-based Internet of Things (IoT) network in the world, with deployment 3,200 smart sensors to upgrade the city’s infrastructure and enhance...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Hurdles Facing Autonomous Vehicles in Busy Downtowns
Jakob Owens/Unsplash Last December, car-sharing giant Uber abruptly loaded its prototype autonomous cars onto a trailer and moved its program from California to Arizona after a dispute with state...
View ArticleULI Global Trustees Ponder Impact of Driverless Technology
From left to right: Jon Zehner, global cohead, client capital group, LaSalle Investment Management, London; Calvin Gladney, managing partner, Mosaic Urban Partners, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan Brinsden,...
View ArticleEmbracing Flexibility, Sociability of Disruptive Technology Trends
The MiCa apartment building in Chicago’s Logan Square. Renters are paying a premium to be close to transit and amenities like rooftop outdoor space. (Ian Spula) At a recent ULI Chicago event, speakers...
View ArticleCalculating the Cost of Excess Parking in Transit-Oriented Developments
(Mike Wilson/Unsplash) New research shows that transit-oriented developments (TODs) may be saddled with a surplus of parking that is taking a big bite out of project costs. TODs have become a key...
View ArticleEvery Drop Counts in Making Amsterdam “Rainproof”
Photo by Margriet Klippel The Dutch population is used to creative solutions when it comes to water. Yet, even Amsterdam’s fairly modern sewage system and the ubiquitous canals and rivers would likely...
View ArticleSeattle Bikeway Named America’s Best New Bike Lane for 2016
Courtesy: Seattle Department of Transportation Seattle’s Westlake Avenue bikeway was named America’s best new bike lane of 2016 last month by People for Bikes, an industry coalition of bicycling...
View ArticleVideo: How Seattle Is Growing into a Great Transit City
Seattle is one of the fastest-growing cities in America, and the city is making bold investments to ensure most residents live within walking distance of frequent transit, according to a new video...
View ArticleCincinnati’s Streetcar and a Downtown Revival
(Courtesy of Cincinnati Bell Connector) By the time the first passengers boarded Cincinnati’s streetcar in September, its advocates had already been on a wild 15-year ride that included surviving two...
View ArticleIn Print: Scaling Infrastructure and Infrastructural Monument
Scaling Infrastructure 180 pages. Paperback, $29.95 Infrastructural Monument 168 pages. Paperback, $29.95 MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism Princeton Architectural Press 37 E. Seventh Street, New York,...
View ArticleCapitalizing on the Opportunity for TOD in Growing Cities
Plans for RidgeGate in Lone Tree, a 3,500-acre mixed-use community with access to three new light-rail stations on FasTracks’ Southeast Corridor extension in Lone Tree, Colorado. ( Coventry Development...
View ArticleU.S. Voters Approve Billions for Transit and Green Space
In November, voters across the United States endorsed numerous state and local ballot measures approving additional funding for green space, land conservation, and public transportation. Notably,...
View ArticleParking Garages Will Evolve for Adaptive Use and as Multimodal Transit Hubs
From left to right: Michael App, director of architecture for Timothy Haahs & Associates; Casey Wagner, senior vice president of Walker Parking Consultants; Mike Harris, director of parking with...
View ArticleEvolution of an Aerotropolis
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is connected to Dallas by a light-rail line. A rail link to Fort Worth is in the works. (© DFW international Airport) It lies halfway between—17 miles (27 km) in...
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