Urban Planning

The U.S. National Bridge Inventory maps the location and other details of all bridges in the nation 100 years old or older. The interactive map offers data around the age of the bridge, its condition and daily traffic.

Planning and paying for trips across multiple transportation modes in San Antonio, Texas, can now be accomplished in a single app, enabling a long-sought customer convenience.

The county has released a request for information about what is needed to support a municipal electric utility and microgrids in the county. This follows the creation of a publicly owned utility department in September 2021.

The controversial tunnel project proposal has taken another step toward reality with commissioners tapping Elon Musk’s Boring Company to study the feasibility of building two 2.7-mile-long underground tunnel routes.

The SmartCityPHL project in Philadelphia is a partnership among the city, Comcast and US Ignite that aims to help collect real-time data related to air quality, weather, transportation and more.

Regional government organizations in Sacramento, Calif., and Denver have taken an oversight and data collection role around micromobility operations, showing that they are well positioned to navigate these planning efforts.

The city of Racine, Wis., has switched 25 percent of its bus fleet to electric power and announced a new feature in its smartphone app that shares real-time data on bus location, along with arrival and departure times.

Transportation eats up 25 percent of the income of median-wage earners in Tampa, Fla., underscoring that the path to transportation equity could be as simple as reducing transportation costs.

A recently released electric vehicle readiness plan presented to the Colorado Springs City Council Monday states the city will need 30,000 to 66,000 charging stations to meet demand in the coming decades.

Elon Musk's Boring Co. has proposed that a fleet of company-driven Teslas could use a subterranean road to transport visitors between San Antonio's airport and downtown area. But will the project actually happen?

Joshua Schank, former chief innovation officer for L.A. Metro, has joined a boutique consulting firm as a principal partner. Schank led L.A. Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation since 2015.

This week, State of Place Founder and CEO Mariela Alfonzo, with a Ph.D. in urban planning, answers the “In Case You Missed It” crew’s questions on urban design, spatial justice and how our environment impacts our lives.

Cities like Los Angeles worked fast during the COVID-19 pandemic to radically change the way we think about sidewalks, curbs and parking areas. Many of the changes government and businesses made are here to stay.

Bicycle and transportation researchers in Nashville, Tenn., are pointing to the growing phenomenon of electric bikes as the Music City develops its multimodal approach to transportation.

Transportation nodes serving as the meeting point for various transportation types are helping to accommodate the many mobility needs of city residents. They also serve as opportunities for stakeholders to collaborate.

With the help of video game software developer Unity, the Orlando Economic Partnership is creating an interactive 3D map of the entire Orlando, Fla., region to show to companies who may want to locate in the area.

Google is planning a unique neighborhood in downtown San Jose that may cost up to $19 billion to build. The project could benefit transit organizations, as the neighborhood would be right by transit stations.

Research from Carnegie Mellon University shows how replacing short car trips with bike and scooter trips can lead to less congestion, but local areas need more micromobility infrastructure for this positive outcome.