Planning May 2016

In This Issue:

Planning May 2016

Special issue on transportation

Planning’s annual transportation issue covers the ways Americans move — on roads and rails; on bikes and buses; in cars and carshares. Leading off is a close-up of the FAST Act, the five-year, $305 billion, federal surface transportation law passed last year that — for the first time — covers freight and resilience planning.

Featured Articles

FAST Forward?

Jon Davis looks at future transportation funding.

Planning for the Car-Free Generation

Jonathan Sigall discusses how millennials could affect future planning and transportation options.

Vision Zero at the Edge

Crash reduction efforts differ on rural and suburban roads, reports David Holtzman. In a sidebar, Jeff Schwein examines a tribal community’s safety plan.

The Big Slowdown

Have rail safety efforts derailed? Jake Blumgart takes a look.

Great Rail Starts at the Station

Bridget Mintz Testa says stations themselves have to keep up with the promise of improved rail service.

News & Departments

Perspectives

A regular column by Executive Director James M. Drinan.

News

Food waste, RLUIPA update, NPC recap.

Legal Lessons

What is "religious exercise"?

Ever Green

Timothy Beatley looks at the hyperlocal food system.

Letters

Unfunded transportation.

Planners Library

Industrial Pittsburgh, suburban conservation, racial zoning in Miami.

Media

Tools, reports, blogs, videos.

Viewpoint

Smarter transportation.

Cover: Commuters race down stairs during rush hour at Penn Station. Photo by Lynn Johnson/Getty Images.