Transportation

Where Transportation Makes Affordable Housing Unaffordable

In many parts of the country, federal low-income housing programs place poor families in locations that force them to spend big money on transportation.

U.S. Cities, Facing Infrastructure Funding Crunch, Pursue Self-Help

As federal funding becomes less reliable, some cities are finding ways of funding infrastructure on their own. But their ability to do so is largely dictated by their state governments.

Mobile Ticketing Just The Start of Mass Transit's Digital Revolution

METRO Houston customers can use their phone to buy tickets. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for transit innovation.

Kinder Institute to Host Former NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

The Houston talk comes on the heels of her new book "Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution."

In Defense of the Urban Freeway

Many of the people who choose to live downtown actually work in the suburbs. Ironically it's the much-maligned urban freeway system that makes this lifestyle possible.