CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF
NEW OR REVISED ITEMS: 2003

Guangzhou: Pearl River Renaissance (20031228)

Singapore & Johor: Border Contrasts (20031228)
USA Metropolitan Area Passenger Mile Trend: 1990-2000 (20040102)
Hong Kong-Shenzhen: Like No Other (20031222)
Madrid: Beltways Everywhere (20031221)
Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20031221)

Travel Advisory: Driving Between Santos and Sao Paulo (20031221)
Travel Advisory: General Dutra: Sao Paulo to Rio de Janiero (20031221)
Travel Advisory: Luis Washington: Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janiero (20031221)
Travel Advisory: Fernando Diaz: Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte (20031221)
Travel Advisory: Reges Bettencourt: Sao Paulo to Curitiba (20031221)

Travel Advisory: Driving in Brazil: Not Bad But Be Careful (20031221)
Travel Advisory: Good Motorways to Lisbon Despite Misleading Maps (20031221)
Travel Advisory: Good Motorways to Madrid Despite Misleading Maps (20031221)
Blackout Lesson: Keep the Gas Tank Full (20031220)
Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)

Roadway & Mass Transit Expenditures per Person Mile: USA from 1960 (20031212)
Irrational Transit: Dulles Airport Rail Line - Washington (20031212)
United States Public Transport Spending in Context: 10 Times Japan, 3.5 Times Europe (20031212)
International Urban Transport Data (20031212)
Journey to Work Data: Canada: 2001 (20031210)

Air Pollution Trends in Canada: 1980-2000 (20031209)
Urban Rail & Traffic Congestion (20031206)
Urban Rail & Traffic Congestion: Implications for Texas (20031206)
Texas Metropolitan Areas: The Necessity for Highway Capacity Expansion (20031206)
National Journal Again Cites The Public Purpose as a Top Transport Site (20031205)

Travel Advisory: Long Traffic Delays: BWI Aiport Car Rental Returns (20031205)
Public Transport Market Share Trend: International Urban Areas from 1980 (20031109)
Where Urban Rail Works & Why (20031110)
Public Transport Service Intensity: International Urbanized Areas (20031109)
USA Public Transport Service Intensity 2000: Urbanized Areas Over 1,000,000 (20031109)

USA Commuter Rail: International Context: No Potential for Reducing Traffic Congestion (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Tokyo-Yokohama (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Nagoya (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Paris (20031025)

Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in London (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Sydney (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in New York (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Chicago (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Philadelphia (20031025)

Commuter Rail: The Austin-San Antonio Corridor (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Boston (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Washington-Baltimore (20031025)
Suburban Rail (Regional Rail, Commuter Rail) in Los Angeles (20031025)
Mag Lev (Magnetic Levitation) Local Transit Cancelled in Essen-Dusseldorf (20031021)
Texas Transportation Institute Data: Traffic Trends Worse in Smart Growth Portland: The Public Purpose #72 (20031018)

Texas Transportation Institute Urbanized Area Traffic Trends (20031018)
Traffic Congestion Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
Travel Time Index Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
Roadway Use per Capita 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
Traffic Intensity Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)

USA Transport (Fuel Energy) Efficiency (20031009)
International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport --- Thredbo Conference (20031005)
Performance Indicators in Urban Transport: The Governors Business Council Report: Thredbo 8 Paper (20031003)
Special Interests v. Public Interest: Competition in USA Public Transport- Thredbo 8 Plenary Paper (20031003)
Urban Tours by Rental Car: Index (20030924)

Belo Horizonte: Barcelona of Brazil (20030924)
Brasilia: Livable, Drivable City (20030924)
Buenos Aires: Faded Glory (20031006)
Curitiba: World Class Public Transport (20030924)
Manaus: More Similar than Different (20030924)

Side Trip to Even More Faded Montevideo (20031006)
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Inconspicuous, Diverse Giant (200301003)
The Neighborhoods of Paris (20030928)
Porto Alegre: Public Transport Jewel? (20030924)
Rio de Janeiro: City of Rich and Poor (20030924)

Sao Paulo: City of Hopes (20030924)
Sapporo: Capital of Texas? (20031003)
Seoul-Inchon: Automobile Oriented Compact City (20031004)
Shanghai: Big Changes Ahead (20030930)
Tokyo-Yokohama: Unique and Superlative (20031002)

US Urban Rail Election Results (20030821)
Blackout 2003 Lesson: Keep the Gas Tank Full: Planetizen Oped (20030820)
Campaign Finance Example: Salt Lake City 1992 Election (20030818)
Livability: The How-It-Never-Was Illusion: The Public Purpose #70 (20030818)
Opiate of the Planners: 13 Myths of Urban Sprawl: Public Purpose #70 (20030816)

The Reauthorization Roadblock - The Public Purpose #69 (20030816)
The Illusion of Transporation Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030816)
The Illusion of Transit Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030816)
Washington DC Metro: Impact on Traffic Into Core (20030816)
Denver Competitive Tendering Cost Data: 2001 (20030815)

The Austin-San Antonio Commuter Rail Project (20030806)
Commuter Rail in America (20030806)
Los Angeles and San Diego Bus Costs Compared: 1980-2001 (20030801)
US Transit Load Factors, Transit Service Index by Metropolitan Area (20030724)
Comment les evenements du 11 septembre ont influence les transports americains? Paris Lecture (20030719)

Congress Rejects Seattle Light Rail Funding Agreement (20030716)
Amtrak Chartbook (20030707)
Amtrak Subsidies Compared to Air Fares and Car Rentals (20030707)
If Money Grew on Trees.. Flyvbjerg on Infrastructure Lying - The Public Purpose #67 (20030706)
Los Angeles MTA Can't Count - The Public Purpose #65 (20030704)

More Maternity Wards Make Babies: The Milwaukee Freeway Debate - The Public Purpose #66 (20030704)
US Public Transport Performance from 1970 (20030704)
Presentation to Greater Toronto Area Transport Summit (20030704)

Commuting to Manhattan: 2000 (20030627)
Portland West Side Traffic Increases, Despite New Light Rail Line
Presentation to Greater Toronto Transportation Summit (20030517)
Transit: The Politician's Best Friend (20030517)
Spam Violators List (20030623)

Los Angeles Red Line Subway: Impact on Freeway Traffic (20020621)
Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area: Ranked (20020621)
Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area (20020621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Transport Share and Operating Costs (20020621)
Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Metropolitan Area (20020621)

Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Metropolitan Area: Ranked (20020621)
Public Transport Boardings & Passenger Miles by Metropolitan Area (2001): USA (20020621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Personal Vehicle Market Share: Ranked (20030621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Personal Vehicle Market Share (20030621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Market Share: Ranked (20030621)

230 US Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Market Share (20030621)
American Dream Conference: Presentation from Debate with Andres Duany (20030418)
The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways(20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)
Mag-Lev: Time for a Decent Burial: The Public Purpose #62 (20030610)

The Public Purpose #61: Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)
The Public Purpose #60: Loss of 177 Light Rail Projects Threatens L.A. Transportation Funding (20030606)
US Federal Highway Administration Revenues & Expenditures from 1921 (20030604)
The Public Purpose #59: The London Congestion Charge: Cautions (20030531)
South American Daily Busway Ridership Compared to US Rail Ridership (20030519)

South American Daily Busway Ridership Compared to US Transit Ridership (20030519)
The Public Purpose #58: Transit: The Politician's Best Friend (20030517)
The Public Purpose #57: How Higher Density Makes Traffic & Air Pollution Worse (20030513)
St. Louis Road & Transit Use from 1990 (20030505)
St. Louis Light Rail & Transit Ridership History (20030505)

The Public Purpose #56: Portland: Smart Growth Champion (20030312)
Cost of Driving: USA: 1999 (20030227)
The Public Purpose #55: London on the Eve of Congestion Charging (20030215)
The Border, Texas & the World: Perspectives and Possibilities (20030130)
Taken for a Ride: Parsons Brinckerhoff Expose (20030129)

Houston Chronicle's Vast Light Rail Conspiracy? (20030127)
Auto Competitive Transit Service? Not Even in a Snow Storm (20030125)
Good Riddance to Maryland's Glendenning Dogma (20030116)
Anti-Sprawl Policies: Hazardous to Our Wealth (20030116)
Portland Roadway Use Expands Despite Limitations on Freeway Expansion (20030108)

Massive Freeway Expansion Associated with Below Average Increase in Pheonix Roadway Use (20030108)

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