Transportation | Planetizen Courses

Transportation planning encompasses roadway design, public transit, goods movement, bike lanes, sidewalks, and other facilities that help people move around cities. Transportation planning can have a major impact on physical mobility and economic opportunity, particularly in car-oriented communities where people without personal vehicles have a hard time accessing essential services. In recent years, movements such as Complete Streets and Vision Zero are drawing attention to the need for a more holistic approach to transportation planning that includes and prioritizes multiple modes of transit.

Transportation Courses

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The Story of Sprawl

163 Mins

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Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

92 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Good Speed by Design: A Network Approach to Traffic Calming

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Python Street Network Analysis

46 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Women and Cities 5: The Feminist Future City

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

59 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Transportation Planning: Principles and Practices of Transportation Finance

Richard Willson

62 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Public Transit During Covid-19: Challenges and Lessons

42 Mins

AICP CM

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The Story of Sprawl - With Commentary Tracks

143 Mins

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Taken For A Ride

56 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Principles of Intersection Design

Lennart Nout, Nick Falbo

51 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Planning for the Autonomous Future

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Methods for Neighborhood Scale Revitalization

68 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Smart Cities

Amir Hajrasouliha

47 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Planning a Municipal Wayfinding System

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid

Mark David Major

47 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Donald Shoup Explains Parking Reform

48 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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The Good Street: A New Methodology for Balancing Place and Flow

55 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

Carol D. Barrett

83 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Traffic Congestion, Part One: Sources and Responses

Michael Manville

68 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

Mark Vallianatos

66 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 1

Kristin Faurest

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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The American City, Part 2: The Invention of a New Scale

Mark David Major

50 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals into the Planning Process

66 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Decking Highways: Reconnecting Communities

51 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

Top Transportation Instructors

Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State...

David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.

Lennart Nout

Lennart is an urban mobility design consultant, specializing in design and planning of bicycle networks and...

Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. His research...

Mark David Major

Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College...

Jason Luger

Jason Luger is a lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental...

Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

Jarrett Walker

Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, with 25 years...

Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

Kristin Faurest

Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...

John Hersey

John is a planner with two decades of experience critically evaluating and advancing transit-oriented development as...

Michael Manville

Michael Manville is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior...

Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges...

Tim Halbur

Tim Halbur is communications director for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the leading organization...

Garlynn Woodsong

Garlynn Woodsong is a geographer and urban planner with more than 13 years of experience in...

William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a nationally recognized professor, consultant, and strategist.

Mike Lydon

Mike Lydon is a Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative.

Thomas Hamed

Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...

Nick Falbo

Nick is an urban transportation planner specializing in the design of transportation networks, spaces for people...

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All Transportation Courses

Form-Based Codes 101: Corridors

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

Corridors have historically been a key element of the urban fabric of every American town and city, yet they are also commonly problematic. This course looks at the roots of the problem for examples of how corridors can be designed and coded.

4.25

55 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM

CNU-A

LA CES

Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic

Instructor: Emily Talen

The final course in the Urban Design for Planners series addresses the automobile as part of the urban fabric. The storage of cars and high levels of congestion can be very detrimental to neighborhoods, but good design can mitigate those negative effects.

4.20

90 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

LA CES