Infrastructure & Transit

Recent Articles

• Chicago's Transportation Planning Put Walkers, Transit First

  05-10-13

  This summer, Chicago is planning to roll out a small-sounding but seismic policy shift: From now on, in the design guidelines for every effort from major streetscape projects to minor roadside electrical work, transportation work must defer to a new “default modal hierarchy.” The pedestrian comes first.

• Home Values Near Transit Outperform

  05-07-13

  Homes near public transit retained their value better during the recession than their counterparts in auto-dependent areas, according to a recent study. What’s impressive is the extent of it: In five metropolitan areas, residential property values performed 42 percent better on average.

• San Ysidro: Expanding a Critical Border Passage

  04-30-13

  San Diego is the site of one of the most ambitious and expensive public-works projects in history—a $583 million expansion and renovation of the venerable but overloaded San Ysidro Land Port of Entry.

• Former Rose Center Fellow Tapped for Transportation

  04-29-13

  Anthony Foxx, mayor of Charlotte, N.C., has been nominated to be the next secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mayor Foxx and a team of public officials from his administration participated in the 2010-2011 class of public leaders serving as fellows for the ULI Rose Center for Public Leadership program.

• In Print: Sustainable Transportation Planning

  04-19-13

  Jeffrey Tumlin's book Sustainable Transportation Planning attempts to grasp in shorthand form the big picture—one that integrates motor vehicles with bicycling, transit, parking, car sharing, transit-oriented design of stations, and other considerations.

• How to Make Suburbs Work Like Cities

  02-07-13

  Successful strategies for creatively using and adapting infrastructure to support more dense development in America’s suburbs are highlighted in Shifting Suburbs: Reinventing Infrastructure for Compact Development, a new ULI report.

• Bus or Rail?

  02-06-13

  Transit measures fared well with voters in November. But debate continues over the best choice — rail or enhanced bus service?

• Envisioning a City Center—With Nonstop Service to Tokyo

  11-13-12

  An aerotropolis around Denver International Airport would build on the airport’s access to the world.

• A 1987 ULI Panel Helped Lay the Foundation for the Colorado Convention Center

  10-25-12

  The Colorado Convention Center is one of the country’s busiest meeting venues. The Colorado Convention Center is now one of the country’s busiest meeting venues. But it had a humble and fractious start.

• Is Small Beautiful Again? The Sudden Interest in Micro-Apartments

  10-25-12

  Could apartments one-fifth the size of what is now typical in New York City be a viable solution to the city’s notorious lack of affordability?

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