CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF
NEW OR REVISED ITEMS: 1999

Japan: Double Deck Freeway over Surface Arterial Street (991231)
Air Pollution in Fuji, Japan (991231)
US Highway Revenues & Expenditures from 1990 (991226)
Gorbachev Speech Dissolving the Soviet Union: Christmas 1991 (991225)

US School District and Schools 1930 (991219)
US Education Costs per Pupil from 1920 (991218)
Competitive Tendering Seminar Outline for Officials of Tianjin, China (991207)
UK Air Pollution: 1980-1996: Cleaner Air & More Traffic (991204)
US Air Pollution: 1970-1997: Cleaner Air & More Traffic (991204)

Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood Faces Recall over Light Rail Support (991204)
Mayor Hood Declares Resurrected Orlando Light Rail Project Dead (991204)
Pro-Choice with Respect to Urban Development (991129)
Calgary's New Suburbanist McKenzie Towne (991128)
Letter on Los Angeles Competitive Contracting Report (991128)

Canada Public Transport Ridership Distribution by Metro Area (991128)
US Public Transport Ridership Distribution by Metro Area (991128)
Las Vegas Public Transport Ridership: 1990-7 (991128)
Las Vegas & National Ridership per Capita: 1990-7 (991128)
Public Transport Ridership: Europe, Canada, US, Australia & New Zealand (991122)

Australia & New Zealand Per Capita Public Transport Ridership by Urban Area (991122)
Western Europe Per Capita Public Transport Ridership by Urban Area (991122)
Western Europe Public Transport Ridership by Nation (991122)
Western Europe Public Transport: Per Capita Rides by Size of Metropolitan Area (991122)
London Transport 1999 Results: Revenues 93% of Total Costs (991122)

London Transport Bus Competitive Tendering Results to 1999 (991120)
London Transport Ridership 1950-1999 (991120)
London Transport Unit Operating Costs: 1985-1999 (991120)
London Transport Costs per Passenger: 1985-1999 (991120)
Great Britain Bus Ridership from 1950: Updated (991119)

British National Rail Ridership Reaches 40 Year High (991119)
British National Rail Ridership from 1919 (991119)
Amtrak and Australian Long Distance Passenger Trains Compared (991119)
Long Distance Passenger Trains Operate Without Subsidy in Australia (991119)
Chattanooga Public Transport Trends: 1990-1997 (991112)

Canada Public Transport: Per Capita Rides by Size of Metropolitan Area (991112)
US Public Transport Market Share by Size of Metropolitan Area (991112)
US Urban Rail Speed by System: 1997 (991105)
Correction: US Rail Referendum Results (991104)
US Public Transport Systems: Fare Ratios: 1997 (991103)

Light Rail in Seattle: The Need for Candor (991103)
US Public Transport Motor Bus Diseconomies of Scale: 1997 (991103)
US Public Transport Bus Costs per Vehicle Hour: 1997 (991103)
US Rail Referenda Results Summary: 1988-1999 (991102)
US Rail Referenda Results: 1988-1999 (991102)

Virginia Beach - Norfolk Light Rail: No Effect on Traffic Congestion (991031)
3 World Cities have Public Transport Ridership Exceeding US Total (991031)
Public Transport Ridership: Connurbations over 1,000 Million Annual Rides (991031)
US Urban Public Transport Market Share Continues Decline (991031)
US Urban Public Transport Market Share from 1945 (991031)

US Cost per Passenger Mile by Public Transport System and Mode: 1997 (991027)
London: Transport Market Share by Mode: 1986 & 1996 (991025)
Riders and Taxpayers Held Hostage: Boston and Beyond (991025)
Transport Policy Discussion Group (991023)
7th International Conference on Competition & Ownership to be in Norway (991023)

Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach-Norfolk) Light Rail Slide Show (991022)
Aspen Light Rail Slide Show (991022)
European Sprawl: See Page 4 (991017)
Dallas: If DART is a Success How Do You Define Failure (991017)
Wendell Cox Daily News Op-ed on Los Angeles Traffic (991017)

Wendell Cox Daily News Op-ed: Journey from Rail to Reality (991017)
Wendell Cox Daily News Op-ed on San Fernando Valley Transit Zone (991017)
Wendell Cox on Sprawlwatch List (990918)
Commuter Rail for the Austin-San Antonio Corridor: An Infeasible Option (990918)
Thredbo 6 Paper: Public Transport in Canada and the United States PDF (990918)

Thredbo 6 Paper: Competitive Tendering in the United States PDF (990918)
County Commission Kills Orlando Light Rail (990908)
Public Employment: New York's Protected Class (990906)
Tokyo Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)
Osaka Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)

Nagoya Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)
Zurich Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)
Stockholm Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)
Kobenhavn (Copenhagen) Area Urbanization and Suburbanization (990905)
Japan Cities Ranked by 1995 Population (990905)

Japan Prefectures Population from 1920 & Area (990905)
Public Employment: New York's Protected Class (990904)
US Public Transport Ridership Trends by Metropolitan Area: 1990-5 (990904)
US Urban Freeway Cost per Person Mile: 1996 (990830)
Osaka City & Prefecture Population: 1965-1990 (990828)

Reflections on Labor Day: The Public Purpose Commentary (990828)
Unanswered Letter to STPP on Dollars & Sense Report (990827)
Orange County Rail Debate: SLIDE SHOW (990824)
Sioux City: Light Rail Absurdity (990820)
LA MTA Employee Compensation & Private Sector: 1997: SLIDE SHOW (990820)

Proposition A Update: Los Angeles Spends $2.6 Billion More than Necessary (990817)
Interstate 2000: Improvement for the Next Millenium (990814)
Redesigned Home Page: Newspaper Format (990810)
Book Recommendation: City Life by Witold Rybczynski (990810)
Book Recommendation: A History of London by Stephen Inwood (990810)

Book Recommendation: Derailed: by Joseph Vranich (990810)
Book Recommendation: Driving Forces by James Dunn (990810)
Book Recommendation: Paris: Capital of Europe by Johannes Wilmes (990810)
Book Recommendation: Cities in Civilization by Peter Hall (990810)
Highways and Prosperity Revisted: Response to Victoria Transport Policy Institute (990803)

Highways and Prosperity: Commentary (990803)
Summary of Rail Referendum Results Updated through July 1999 (990801)
Miami Defeats Rail 2-1 (990801)
Rail Referendum Results Updated through July 1999 (990801)
Los Angeles Public Transport Performance from 1980 (990729)

    Ridership ... Costs ... Ridership Cost Indicators ... Unit Cost Performance
    $3 Billion over inflation spent in operating costs alone: 1980-1997
US Public Transport Fixed Guideways (Rail & Busway) Length and Speed (990725)

Atlanta Roadway Building Rate Slower Per Capita than Portland (990722)
US Metropolitan Area Estimates: 1998: In Advance of Census Bureau (990720)
Brasil: Cities Over 100,000: 1996 (990719)
Top 25 Australia Metropolitan Areas (990718)
The Public Purpose #29: Portland Urban Policies Not for Atlanta (990717)

The Public Purpose #28: So-Called "Smart Growth" Will Stunt Economic Growth (990717)
Wendell Cox Environment News Urban Sprawl Article (990716)
"A Straitjacket on Growth" Washington Times Oped by Wendell Cox (990712)
US Public Transport Agency Ridership per Capita: 1997 (990711)
"Portland not Sprawl Free" Atlanta Constitution Oped by Wendell Cox (990708)

US Public Transport Subsidies and Ridership by State: 1997 (990704)
US Passenger Transport Ridership from 1900: 4 Mode (990704)
US Passenger Transport Ridership from 1970: 5 Mode (990704)
US Public Transport Operating Costs per Passenger Mile/KM by Metro Area (990703)
US City Populations: 1990, 1998 & 2000 Projections (990703)

US Public Transport Operating Costs per Passenger Mile by System (990703)
US Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Mode within Public Transport (990703)
Texas Public Transport Performance Analysis/Opportunity Analysis Series (990628)
Houston Metro Public Transport Performance Analysis/Opportunity Analysis (990628)
Dallas Transit (DART) Performance Analysis/Opportunity Analysis (990628)

Keeping Kalamazoo Competitive: Response to the Rusk Report (990628)
US Highway Fatalities from 1957 (990622)
Work Trip Market Share: US Cities over 200,000 (990620)
Airline Fare Affordability Index by US Airport 1998: 3Q (990619)
US Average Air Fares Ranked by Market: Daily Volume over 250 Passengers (990619)

International Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Per Capita Journeys (990619)
International Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Private Market Share (990619)
US Public Transport Subsidies: Data from 1960 (990619)
US Public Transport Federal Subsidies Approach $150 Billion from 1960 (990619)
US Public Transport Subsidies $385 Billion from 1960 (990619)

Austria: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Belgium: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Canada: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Denmark: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)

France: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Germany: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Italy: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Japan: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Korea: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)

Netherlands: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Norway: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
Sweden: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
United Kingdom: GDP per Capita from 1960 Compared to US (990618)
14 Nations: GDP per Capita from 1960 (990608)

Housing Affordability by Metropolitan Area: US 1990 Census (990605)
Housing Affordability by Metropolitan Area: 1998 (990605)
International Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Per Capita Journeys (990603)
International Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Private Market Share (990603)
European Sprawl (990603)

America's Costly and Ineffective Experiment with New Commuter Rail: Digest (990603)
Planning & Transport in Portland & Atlanta: Portland Not Superior (990531)
Orange County Grand Jury Blasts Light Rail (990530)
Reprint: Orange County Grand Jury Light Rail Report (990530)
James Dunn's Driving Forces Recommended at Bookstore (990529)

MARKET DATA & MARKET SHARE: 1997
US Major Metropolitan Annual Per Capita Boardings & Market Share: 1980-1997 (990529)
US Major Metropolitan Annual Boardings: 1980-1997 (990529)
US Public Transport Market Data by Metropolitan Area: 1997 (990529)
US Public Transport Market Share by Metropolitan Area: 1997 (990529)
US Public Transport Customer Usage by Metropolitan Area: 1997 (990529)
US Public Transport Passenger Miles by Metropolitan Area: 1997 (990529)
US Public Transport Unlinked Trips by Metropolitan Area: 1997 (990529)

Privatized British Rail Ridership Hits 25 Year High (990527)
US Highway Fatality Rate Drops 73% From 1957 to 1997 (990526)

EU & US Road Fatality Rates: 1996 (990522)
Seattle Demographic Trends Lead New Urbanist Portland: Update (990522)
Governor Cancels Florida High Speed Rail Project (990519)
Index of Pre-Internet Publications (990514)
Density of New Urbanized Development: USA Urbanized Areas (990508)

Denver Competitive Tendering Mandate Raised from 20% to 35% (990506)
US Urban Highway Fatality Rate Superior to Public Transport in 1997 (990506)
US Motor Vehicle Availability by Metropolitan Area (990504)
Redesigned The Public Purpose Home Page (990502)
Redesigned Demographia Home Page (990501)

Oregon Smart Growth & New Urbanist Policies Drive Up Home Prices (990501)
US Highway Capacity Index by Urbanized Areas: 1996 (990414)
Canada Metropolitan Journey to Work: 1996 Census Data (990409)
US Rail Cost per New Passenger Ranked & Compared to Auto Ownership Costs (990408)
New US Rail Cost per New Commuter by 5th Quintile Income Equivalent (990408)

New US Rail Costs per New Commuter and Lowest Quintle Household Income (990408)
False Dreams & Broken Promises @ Cato Institute (Link Restored 990408)
US New Public Transport Projects: Cost per New Commuter (990407)
New Car Cost Compared to Annual US Rail Cost per New Passenger (990407)
US School Districts over 500 Students: Spending per Capita & Ranking: 1996 (990406)

US Employment by Establishment Size (990326)
US State & Local Taxation by State: 1996 (990325)
US State & Local Taxation by State & Type: 1996 (990325)
US State & Local Corporate Taxation by State: 1996 (990325)
Bexar County (San Antonio) Opportunity Analysis (990323)

The President's New Urban Sprawl Initiative: Program in Search of a Problem (990323)
Commuter Rail in America: Austin-San Antonio Corridor Part I (990323)
Austin's Capital Metro: Opportunity Analysis (990323)
San Antonio's VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority: An Update (990323)
Downtown St. Louis Employment Up, Transit Market Share Down (990304)

Why New US Urban Rail Systems Attract So Few Automobile Drivers (990301)
US Public Transport Subsidies and Ridership by State: 1996 (990301)
Peak Light Rail Volumes Less than Freeway Lane: Portland & St. Louis (990301)
The Crusade Against Urban Sprawl: Assaulting the American Dream (990227)
Wendell Cox to Speak on Urban Sprawl Myths at Missouri Republican Assembly (990222)

Wendell Cox Consultancy Launches DEMOGRAPHIA Consultancy (990218)
Mythical Underpinnings: The Crusade Against Urban Sprawl (990218)
US Streets and Highways: User Fees and Subsidies: The Difference (990213)
US Commuting Time Dropping Due to Urban Sprawl & Auto Dependency (990213)
Urban Rail Not Justified (Invited Engineering News Record Column) (990213)

International Journey to Work Travel Times (990209)
Louisville Public Transport Market Profile (990206)
Nashville Public Transport Market Profile (990206)
Sioux City Public Transport Market Profile (990206)
Denver: Downtown (CBD) Public Transport Market Share by Analysis Zones (990206)

Former New York & Toronto Transit Chief Criticizes Worship of Urban Rail (990206)
Denver Competitive Tendering 1988-1998 Summary (990131)
Denver Competitive Tendering 1999 Results (990131)
Denver to Spend 50 Times on Transit Relative to Highways (990130)
US Public Transport Agency Cost per Passenger Mile: 1996 (990129)

London: Journey to Work Market Share: 1995 (990127)
Inner, Outer & Exurban London: Population 1931-1991 (990127)
Roadway Taxation and Expenditures: Great Britain (990127)
US Trade Union Market Share Falls Again in 1998 (990126)
US Highway & Street Revenues & Expenditures: 1993-1997 (990124)

US Public Transport Fixed Guideways (Urban Rail and Busway) Length and Speed
Wendell Cox Appointed to Amtrak Reform Council by Speaker of House (990115)
New US Commuter Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes (990110)
US Highway Capacity Index by Urbanized Areas: 1996 (990110)
Paris Population & Density from 1600 (990109)

Urban Transport Fact Book Metropolitan Index: Sioux City (990109)
Light Rail for Eskimos (990106)
US Transit Agencies Ranked by Cost per Boarding & Passenger Mile 1996 (990102)
US Transit Agencies Ranked by Fare & Subsidy Ratios: 1996 (990102)

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