Urban Land - Infrastructure & Transit

Chicago's Transportation Planning Put Walkers, Transit First

Emily Badger — 20130510134200

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

Joan Mooney — 20130507151200

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

David Myers — 20130430151900

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

Robert Krueger — 20130429170500

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

Martin Zimmerman — 20130419135800

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

Trisha Riggs — 20130207111700

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?

Robert Dunphy — 20130206165800

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

Kathleen McCormick — 20121113101900

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

Valerie Fahey — 20121025150100

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

John McIlwain — 20121025120100

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?