Has a civil engineer ever looked up at the Golden Gate Bridge and thought, "Nah, a suspension bridge could never work?" How many elected officials say, "our city could never be like San Francisco, so let's not try to bridge our similar strait?"....
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Boulder officials generally agree that the planned Transit Village development should move forward, but there is still serious disagreement about the details -- from what kinds of housing should be built to what the site should be called. ...
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Plans are underway to transform a bland stretch of office and industrial parks in Tysons Corner into a bustling arts and entertainment district with high-rise corporate and residential buildings, restaurants and boutiques....
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Dan Walsh is vice president of a Chicagoland company that develops senior housing and is well aware of Madison's reputation as a tough place to do business....
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When BART opened in 1974, many suburban Bay Area communities "downzoned" the areas directly adjacent to the station. When the D.C. Metrorail system opened in 1976, transit planners for Washington Metrorail as well as Arlington County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland, took a different approach....
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Two developers from Cave Creek want the city's permission to build a high-rise apartment complex in the West University neighborhood that will be home to 300 students....
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The redevelopment of Union Station has produced debate over the two-block separation between commuter and light rail operations. But that gap could evolve into a brand new neighborhood and better access to areas northwest of downtown....
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Publicola reports the city has issued a cease-and-desist order against a South End grocery that operates a private park-and-ride lot for light rail riders. Seattle Transit Blog says "this is insane." The city, as you may remember, was criticized for establishing restricted parking zones around light rail stations in the interest of neighborhoods around them....
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