CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF
NEW OR REVISED ITEMS: 2000

Doubling Public Transport Ridership in the US: Impossible Task? (001228)

Portland Ranks 6th of 34 Areas in Roadway Congestion Delay from 1982 (001223)
Roadway Congestion Delay 1982-97: US Urban Areas over 1,000,000 (001223)
Portland Ranks 5th of 34 Areas in Congestion Increase from 1982 (001223)
Portland Ranks 3rd of 34 Areas in Per Capita Auto Travel Increase from 1982 (001223)
Vehicle Miles per Capita 1982-97: US Urban Areas over 1,000,000 (001223)

Roadway Congestion Index 1982-97: US Urban Areas over 1,000,000 (001223)
St. Louis: Living Wage, Dying City (001222)
Le Havre, Ft. Wayne & Peoria: Demographic & Public Transport Comparisons (001213)
Urban Passenger Transport in the US: Wendell Cox Lecture at CNAM-Paris (001211)
Portland West Side Traffic Increases Most, Despite New Light Rail Line (001127)

Chicago Central Business District Density and Work Trip Mode by Sector (001123)
New York Central Business District Density and Work Trip Mode by Sector (001123)
Atlanta Ranks 22nd in Average Daily Travel per Capita All Urbanized Areas (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by Per Capita Travel (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by Traffic Intensity (001120)

1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by State (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas by Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas by Freeway Volume per Lane Mile (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas Ranked by Traffic Intensity (001120)
Atlanta Falls to 2nd in Average Daily Travel per Capita Among Largest Areas (001120)

1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas Ranked by Per Capita Vehicle Miles (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000 (001120)
Why Rail Emory Bundy on the Seattle Rail Debacle (001112)
Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: Citizens for Mobility Web Site
Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: Sane Transit Web Site

Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: Lawsuit Filed (001111)
Rail, Transit and Civil Rights in Los Angeles and Seattle (001111)
Review of Sound Transit: How Independent? (001111)
Background: Opposing Light Rail in Seattle (001111)
Public Transit in Seattle: Following Los Angeles (001111)

Puget Sound Regional Council Data: Light Rail Makes No Difference in Seattle (001111)
Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: The Campaign for Sensible Transportation: Index
US Personal Vehicle Travel by Density (001107)
US Weekday Urban Roadway and Rail Usage (001107)
Smart Growth: Pulling Up the Home Affordability Ladder & Risking Higher Taxes (001027)

US Urban Rail & Freeway Daily Volumes Compared, By Randal O'Toole (001024)
Florida's Constitutional Trainwreck - Billions for No Traffic Relief (001024)
14 Nations: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to United States (001023)
International Unemployment Rates from 1959: Compared to United States (001023)
14 Nations: GDP per Capita from 1960 (001023)

International Unemployment Rates from 1959 (001023)
How Urban Density Intensifies Traffic and Air Pollution: Perspective (001020)
How Urban Density Intensifies Traffic and Air Pollution: Policy Report (001020)
How Smart Growth Intensifies Traffic Congestion & Air Pollution (001020)
So-Called Smart Growth: Elitist Assault on the American Dream (001020)

Options Ignored, Oppportunities Lost in Austin: Alternatives to Light Rail (001020)
Austin Trolley Folly (001020)
Municipality of Tokyo (23 Wards): Transport Market Share by Mode (001020)
Suburban Tokyo: Transport Market Share by Mode (001020)
Tokyo-Yokohama: Transport Market Share by Mode (001020)

Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Transport Market Share by Mode (001020)
Nagoya: Transport Market Share by Mode (001020)
Seattle Transit Official Seeks $2,500 from Transit Consultants (001005)
Austin Light Rail: Cost per Person Mile 15 Times IRS Auto Allowance (000929)
Austin Light Rail: High Cost: Lease New Commuters Lexus 400 (000929)

Austin Light Rail: Serving a Small and Declining Job Market (000928)
Austin Light Rail: Most of Community Not Served (000928)
Austin Light Rail: Much Slower than Cars (000928)
Austin Light Rail: Much of System Won't be Built (000928)
Austin Light Rail: Capital Costs Underestimated (000928)

Austin Light Rail: High Cost, Little Benefits (000928)
Austin Light Rail: No Traffic Impacts (000928)
Transit Industry Fears Wendell Cox (000928)
Austin Light Rail: No Traffic Congestion Reduction (000927)
Austin Light Rail: 5 Reasons to Vote Against (000927)

Charlotte Transit Plan Dead on Arrival: Shades of DART? (000915)
Bicylist Leads Opposition to Seattle Light Rail (000831)
Seattle Light Rail: Emory Bundy v. Paul Bay (000831)
The Future of Public Transit in the US, by Thomas A. Rubin (000818)
British Rail Ridership from 1919 (000817)

British Rail Ridership Hits 54 Year Peak Four Years After Privatization (000817)
Wendell Cox "Urban Sprawl" Address to Independence Institute (000815)
The Los Angeles Rail System as Contained in 1980 Proposition A (000810)
Present at the Creation: The Los Angeles Rail System (000810)
Goods Transport (Freight Transport) Shares: Europe v. United States (000806)

Intercity Transport Fact Book: United Kingdom Intercity Rail Index (000806)
Intercity Transport Fact Book: Goods (Freight) Index (000806)
China Transport Index (000806)
Passenger Transport Shares by Mode: Japan v. European Union from 1970 (000806)
Passenger Transport Shares by Mode: Japan v. United States from 1970 (000806)

Passenger Transport Shares by Mode: European Union v. United States from 1970 (000806)
China, European Union, Japan & United States: Passsenger Transport by Mode: 1998 (000806)
United States Passenger Transport by Mode from 1960 (000806
European Union Passenger Transport by Mode from 1970(000806
Japan Passenger Transport by Mode from 1950 (000806)

European Union Goods Transport (Freight Transport) from 1970 (000806)
United States Goods Transport (Freight Transport) from 1970 (000806)
European Union, China, Japan & United States: Goods Transport in 1997 (000806)
Great Britain Mode of Transport to Work: 1998 (000806)
London Area Mode of Transport to Work: 1996 (000805)

Etude d'opportunitie vers un transport un commun plus competitif pour Montreal (000803)
Competitive Tendering for Montreal & International Transit Review (French) (000803)
Light Rail: Wrong Exit for Congestion: Wendell Cox Scripps Howard Op-ed (000803)
Competition, Not Monopolies Can Improve Public Transit (000802)
Time for Open & Honest Debate in Atlanta: Atlanta Journal Op-ed (000802)

Wendell Cox: Biographical Sketch (000802)
Selected International Rail Systems Ranked by Passenger Kms per Route Km (000730)
International Urban Areas: Public Transport Service Intensity By Area: 1990 (000730)
International Urban Areas: Public Transport Service Intensity Ranked: 1990 (000730)
International Urban Areas: Public Transport Service Intensity: 1990 (000730)

Dallas (DART) Light Rail: Long Term Debt: $51 Million Extra per Traffic Reduction Day (000729)
Impact of Dallas (DART) Light Rail on Traffic (000729)
Hong Kong Rail Expansion: The Need to Avoid Western Policies (000729)
Book Review: Cleaner Air and Better Transport: Air Pollution in India (000722)
Index: Traffic Trends in US Urbanized Areas (000720)

Sic Transit Light Rail The Weekly Standard Column by Wendell Cox (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas over 1,000,000 Population (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Population Change (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Per Capita Change (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Change in Miles Traveled (000720)

Service Area Coverage Ratios: New US Urban Rail Systems (000717)
International Urban Transport Data Index (000708)
International Urban Transport Policy Index (000708)
International Urban Areas: Transport & the Environment: Index (000709)
International Journey to Work Travel Times by Area (000708)

Journey to Work Travel Times: International Cities (000706)
Private & Public Transport Market Share: International Cities: 1990/1 (000706)
Private & Public Transport Market Share: International Cities by Area: 1990/1 (000706)
Population Density & Roadway Speed: International Cities by Area: 1990/1 (000706)
Population Density Ranking & Roadway Speed: International Urban Areas: 1990/1 (000706)

Roadway Speed Ranking & Population Density: International Urban Areas: 1990/1 (000706)
Comparison of Urban Public Transport & Urban Freeway Full Costs (000604)
Las Vegas Monorail: Financial Failure Seems Likely: 2nd Edition (000604)
Wendell Cox Commentary on US Public Transport's "Record Ridership" (000604)
Comparing Roads to Rail, by Jack Mallinckrodt (000528)

Las Vegas Monorail: Still a Losing Proposition (000525)
US Metropolitan Areas: Commuter Income Data: 1990: Index (000525)
US Metropolitan Areas: Commuter Income Compared to Bus Passengers: 1990 (000525)
US Metropolitan Areas Commuter Income Compared to Average: 1990 (000525)
Baltimore Metropolitan Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)

Washington Metropolitan Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
San Francisco Metropolitan Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
Atlanta Metropolitan Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
Boston Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
Philadelphia Metropolitan: Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)

Chicago Metropolitan Area: Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
New York Metropolitan Area: Market Share & Income by Commuting Mode: 1990 (000525)
US Passenger Transport Ridership from 1970: 5 Mode: Updated to 1998 (000521)
US Passenger Transport Ridership from 1900: 4 Mode: Updated to 1998 (000521)
US Metropolitan Areas: Per Capita Boardings: 1980-1998 By Population (000521)

US Metropolitan Areas: Ranked by Change in Per Capita Boardings: 1980-1998 (000521)
US Metropolitan Areas: Change in Per Capita Boardings: 1980-1998 (000521)
US Metropolitan Areas: Per Capita Boardings: 1980-1998 (000521)
Laws of the Landscape by Pietro Nivola; Reviewed by Greg Vliestra (000517)
Dallas Light Rail Peak Hour Ridership Less than Freeway Lane (000517)

US Urban Public Transport & Personal Vehicle Market Share from 1945: to 1998 (000516)
US Public Transport Unlinked Trips: 4 Mode 1990-1998 (000516)
US Transit 1998: Trips by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Passenger Miles by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Service Hours by Metropolitan Area (000514)

US Transit 1998: Trips per Service Hour by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Trips per Capita by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Trips by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ridership and Population Share by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Ridership & Population Share by Metro. Area (000514)

US Transit 1998: Ranking: Passenger Miles by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Passenger Miles per Capita by Metro. Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Passenger Mile and Population Share by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Pass. Mile and Popula. Share by Metro. Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Service Hours by Metropolitan Area (000514)

US Transit 1998: Ranking: Service Hours per Capita by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Ranking: Ratio: Service Hours to Popula. by Metro. Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Nat'l Service Hour to Population Ratio by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Transit 1998: Trips per Service Hour Ranked by Metropolitan Area (000514)
US Public Transport Market Data by Metropolitan Area: 1998 (000514)

San Antonio Transit Tax Loss: Worst Ever? (000513)
Letter to the Rocky Mountain News on Denver Competitive Contracting (000513)
Jacksonville Monorail: Projected and Actual Ridership (000512)
US School Buses Transport Over 50 Million --- 2.4 Times Public Transport (000511)
US Rail Referendum Results (000511)

Summary of US Rail Referendum Results (000511)
US Public Transport 5 Mode Ridership Updated (000425)
Roadways: Competitive Provision (000423)
California Urban Areas: Public Transport Market Share: 1982-1997 (000421)
Trolley Folly in San Antonio: By Wendell Cox & Thomas A. Rubin (000415)

Court Requires San Antonio Transit Agency to Tell Both Sides on Light Rail (000416)
US Public Transport Metropolitan Area Data Index: Costs & Productivity (000415)
US Public Transport Metropolitan Area Data Index: Ridership & Market Share (000415)
US Public Transport Metropolitan Area Data Index: Central Business Districts (000415)
Anti-Sprawl Efforts Take Aim at Home Ownership (000413)

Smart Growth: Implications for Pennsylvania (000413)
Light Rail Association: Traffic Reduction Not Main Justification (000406)
Urban Transport Fact Book: Cincinnati Index (000406)
Urban Transport Fact Book: Kansas City Index (000406)
Light Rail Costs Rising 20% Annually (000406)

Light Rail Costs Approach $70 Million per Mile (000406)
Keys to Urban Rail Success (000401)
Rail Success Stories: Hong Kong (000401)
Rail Success Stories: Paris (000401)
Rail Success Stories: London (000401)

Rail Success Stories: Tokyo (000401)
Rail Success Stories: New York City (000401)
Transit Success Story: Competitive Tendering Drops San Diego Bus Costs 40% (000401)
Higher Densities Mean Higher Transit Costs (000330)
Urban Rail Success Stories (000327)

Policy Statement: Urban Rail: Uses & Misuses (000327)
Lexus Line: The Minneapolis Hiawatha Light Rail Line (000323)
Famous Jaguar Cost Slide: Less Costly per New Commuter than Light Rail (000322)
Saying No to Development: Portland Planners Seek Gridlock (000319)
War on the Suburbs: Misdiagnosis and Flawed Prescriptions (000317)

Why Light Rail Doesn't Work (000317)
Headed for Costly Failure: Dallas-Fort Worth Air Quality Proposals (000317)
Light Rail and Traffic Congestion (000317)
Texas Senate Testimony: Metropolitan Transit Authorities (000317)
US Light Rail Costs Escalating Significantly (000317)

US Light Rail Costs Near $70 Million per Mile (000317)
New US Commuter Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes (000315)
Downtown Dallas: High Vacancies Despite Light Rail (000213)
Manchester: City & Suburban Population (000211)
St. Petersburg: City & Suburban Population (000211)

Moscow: City & Suburban Population (000211)
Analysis of the Proposed Las Vegas Monorail (0000208)
David Rusk's Elasticity Hypothesis: Measuring Happenstance (000206)
Economic Ideology and Reality: The Public Purpose (000129)
Pennsylvania Educational Assessment: Central City & Suburban: 1999 (000123)

Pennsylvania Educational Assessment by County: 1999 (000123)
US Trade Union Market Share Losses Continues 40 Years Uninterrupted (000120)
Commentary: Does Transit Work? (000117)
Buffalo Public Transport Ridership From 1980 (000106)
Population of US Metropolitan Areas from 1900: PDF 580K (000102)

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