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 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems. 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.


TRB Committees on the WWW
Transportation Libraries and Indices
USDOT WWW Sites
International Transport
Transportation Research and Trade Associations
Transportation Pages at US Academic Institutions
Census and Demographics
Data Archives


TRB Committees on the WWW

(27 committees and subcommittees as of 07-Dec-98; updated to include 36 sections, committees and subcommittees as of 04-Aug-99; updated to include 35 committees as of 21-Jun099; updated to include 67 committees as of 6-Jul-01 according to the TRB Committee HomePages site; updated to 86 committees and subcommittees on 3-Apr-02; updated to 87 committees and subcommittees as of 3-Sep-02)

For a full list of TRB Committees (Division A, Technical Activities) visit the TRB web site at: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/activities.nsf.
The Transportation Research Board has a page linking to TRB Committee Home Pages, at: http://gulliver.trb.org/directory/comm_homepages.asp. This directory includes 86 committees, subcommittees and task forces as of 4/3/02.

Included here are the committee web pages of most interest to the urban data committee:

ABJ00: Section on Transportation Data
ABJ30: Committee on Urban Transportation Data & Information Systems
  • ABJ30(1): Subcommittee on Census Data and Transportation Planning
  • ABJ20: Committee on Statewide Transportation Data
    ABJ40: Committee on Transportation Survey Methods [http://www.travelsurveymethods.org/]
    ABJ60: Committee on Spatial Data and Information Science
    ABJ70: Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications
    ABJ80: Committee on Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computer Software in Transportation Research


    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 prepared by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), Transportation Division. List is at the NTL. Updated 2002.
    Member Libraries, SLA Transportation Division On-line members of the 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, National Transportation Research Center
    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.
    National Highway Institute
    Training programs.
    National Transit Institute
    Training programs NTI at Rutgers.



    International Transport

    European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) Home Page
    International Transportation Organization Sites Directory maintained by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT)
    École Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.
    Institute for Transport Studies University of Sydney, NSW, Australia



    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.
    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: Members 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
    TTI Urban Mobility Study Nationally known study of mobility and traffic congestion on freeways and major streets in 85 cities
    Telecommunications and Travel Research Program University of California, Davis
    Northwestern University Transportation Center



    Census & Demographics

    TRB Subcommittee on Census Data for Transportation (www.trbcensus.com)
    CTPP 2000 Census Transportation Planning Package: CTPP 2000 - page at FHWA.
    Census Bureau Home Page

  • Census 2000 Home Page Census Bureau home page for the Year 2000 Decennial Census.
  • American Factfinder Census Bureau's web-based data finder.
  • The American Community Survey part of the Continuous Measurement program.
  • Census Journey to Work Census Bureau's page on journey-to-work statistics.
  • Census paper on NAICS
  • State Data Center Clearinghouse State and Regional Data Centers Network, working with the Census Bureau to provide census data to all. 
    American Demographics / Marketing Tools Commercial magazine of interest to transportation planners.
    PUMS @ CIESIN Public Use Microdata Sample, 1940-1990, available at the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.
    Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center at CIESIN at CIESIN.
    STAT-USA - trade, business, and economic information. Cost recovery arm for U.S. federal data.
    FedWorld Home Page Launchpad to most U.S. federal WWW pages.
    Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. labor and price statistics.
    EconData.Net Socio-economic data sources, site developed for the US Economic Development Agency.
    EconoMagic.com Commercial site with links to socio-economic datasets.
    California Department of Finance Demographic Research Unit Demographic forecasts for California.
    Public Use Microdata Sample L (PUMS-L) Information PUMS data for Labor Market Areas, Louisiana State Data Center.
    Other Data Sources Site maintained by Lousiana State Data Center.
    URISA The home page for the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
    Association of Public Data Users (APDU)
    Population Reference Bureau Non-profit organization with excellent details on international demographic data and trends.
    Internet Guide to Population and Demography (Virtual Library)
    About Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Links page by MiningCo.com


    Transportation Data Archives

    TRANSTATS Data Library National Transportation Data Archive, provided by the USDOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
    Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive Data Archive at the University of Minnesota (http://www.surveyarchive.org/)
    Household Travel Surveys on the WWW Page maintained by the TRB Urban Data Committee & Friends
    UK Data Archive National Data Archive at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom
    Links to North American Data Archives Site maintained by the UK Data Archive
    Links to European Data Archives Site maintained by the UK Data Archive
    Links to Other Data Archives Site maintained by the UK Data Archive
    NESSTAR.com (Networked Social Science Tools and Resources) - web-based survey data dissemination software environment - Produced by the UK Data Archive and the Norwegian Data Archive
    Pet Names for a Transportation Data Archive

    Contacts for More Information

    Chair, Urban Transportation Data & Information Systems Committee (ABJ30)
    Ed Christopher
    Federal Highway Administration, Olympia Fields, Illinois
    e-mail: edc@berwyned.com

    Webmaster, Urban Data Committee
    Chuck Purvis
    Metropolitan Transportation Commission
    e-mail: cpurvis@mtc.ca.gov


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