Exceptional Links and Contacts for More Information

The obligatory page of links to other sites of interest for members and friends of the TRB Committee on Metropolitan Policy, Planning and Processes. This list is not intended to be comprehensive, so check out the Libraries and Indices to Transportation WWW sites. Please contact the chair of the committee for more information.


Metropolitan Planning Organization Links
Transportation Libraries and Indices
USDOT WWW Sites
Transportation Research and Trade Associations
Transportation Pages at US Universities


Metropolitan Planning Organization Links

Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
MPOs and COGs on the WWW (links page maintained by ABAG)

Transportation Libraries and Indices

National Transportation Library TRIS Online.
USDOT TASC Library Official library of USDOT, with an on-line catalog.
Berkeley ITS Library Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley.
Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers Directory (revised 2002) prepared by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), Transportation Division. List is at the NTL.
SLA Transportation Division Special Libraries Association (SLA), Transportation Division
Libraryspot.Com Excellent general library site
Librarians' Index to the Internet Another excellent general library site
Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Councils on the WWW Comprehensive listing of MPOs and COGs with presences on the WWW.


USDOT WWW Sites

USDOT Home Page US Department of Transportation. Gateway to the modal administrations.
BTS Home Page Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT).
USDOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
FHWA Office of Highway Policy Information Includes information about the Nationwide Personal Transportation Surveys (NPTS) and other highway statistics.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Transportation Analysis
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VNTSC)
TRANSIMS @ Los Alamos TRANSIMS is part of the federal Travel Model Improvement Program.
TMIP Home Page Information about the Travel Model Improvement Program.
FMIP Home Page Information about the Freight Model Improvement Program. [new: 9/15/2005]
National Highway Institute Training programs.
National Transit Institute Training programs NTI at Rutgers.



Transportation Research and Trade Associations

TRB Home Page Transportation Research Board site.
International Association of Time Use Research (IATUR) site maintained at St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) site maintained at University of Texas, Austin
ITE The Institute of Transportation Engineers Home Page.
National Transportation Operations Coalition ITS and Operations coalition (NTOC).
ITS America The Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
American Public Transit Association (APTA)
Association of American State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
TransAct Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) Transportation Action Network
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Trade organization for the urban development and real estate industry.
American Planning Organization (APA)
American Planning Organization: Transportation Planning Division (APA's Transportation Planning Division)
American Statistical Association (ASA)



Transportation Pages @ U.S. Academic Institutions

Council of University Transportation Centers: Related Transportation Links List of U.S. University Transport Centers
MIT Center for Transport Studies
Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Urban Transp Studies (CUTS) Home Page
Texas Transportation Institute Texas Transportation Institute
Telecommunications and Travel Research Program University of California, Davis
Northwestern University Transportation Center


Contacts for More Information

Chair, TRB Committee on Metropolitan Policy, Planning and Processes (ADA20)
Peter Plumeau, Wilbur Smith Associates, Shelburne, Vermont
e-mail: pplumeau@wilbursmith.com

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