National Transportation Resources
I. Relevant Organizations
Alliance
for a New Transportation Charter
The Alliance represents over 500 groups working to use transportation
as a tool for achieving better outcomes in public health, affordable
housing and job access, energy efficiency, and social equity.
Amalgamated
Transit Union (ATU)
The Amalgamated Transit Union is the largest labor organization
representing transit workers in the U.S. and Canada.
American
Planning Association (APA)
The APA has extensive resources for community and transportation
planning.
American
Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Non-profit international association of over 1,200 member organizations
including transit systems, academic institutions, state associations
and departments of transportation.
Association
of American Railroads
Brookings
Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
The Brookings Institution is a Washington, D.C. think-tank with
expertise on regional governance issues, sprawl, housing and transportation.
Quality reports, studies and policy papers can be found on this
site.
Center
for Livable Communities
Helps local governments and community leaders be proactive in their
land use and transportation planning, and adopt programs and policies
that lead to more livable and resource-efficient land use patterns.
Center
For Transit Oriented Development
Center
For Urban Transportation Research
Community
Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
A national professional association of those involved in community
transportation, including operators, vendors, consultants and federal,
state and local officials. http://www.ctaa.org/
Environmental
Defense
This environmental group has an extensive page on transportation,
sprawl and health with reports, news and an action center.
Institute
For Location Efficiency
This site offers a great introduction into the Location Efficient
Mortgage, which allows a home buyer to purchase a larger home with
a lower down payment due to its proximity to public transportation.
Light
Rail Central
Information on North American light rail projects, including vehicle
specifications, current news stories, photos, and terminology.
Light
Rail Now
One of the leading sources of information on light rail projects,
analysis, and commentary. This site also includes information on
trolley systems and inter-city rail projects.
National
Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates
NAPTA is a national organization representing local transit coalitions
who support increasing federal investment in public transportation.
National
Bus Rapid Transit Insitute
New
Urbanism.org
Parsons
Brinckerhoff
One of the world's oldest continuously operating engineering firms,
ranked #1 in transportation engineering.
Public
Transportation Partnership
Information and education about the importance of public transportation
to Americans from every walk of life and how transit provides opportunity,
access, choice and mobility.
Rail~Volution
Annual Conference
A national conference held every year to help build livable communities
with transit. The conferences focus on education, advocacy and increasing
overall federal, state and local funds available for transit.
Reconnecting
America
Sierra
Club
This Sierra Club web site is designed to help groups and individual
citizens coordinate their efforts in Washington, D.C. to promote
better communities with reduced traffic. The site pays particular
attention to smart growth initiatives that will use public transportation
to reduce urban sprawl.
Smart
Growth Network
Network helps create national, regional, and local coalitions to
encourage metropolitan development.
Sprawl
Watch Clearinghouse
Mission is to make the tools, techniques, and strategies developed
to manage growth accessible to citizens, organizations, environmentalists,
public officials, the media, and business leaders.
Surface
Transportation Policy Project
Website that highlights current transportation issues with state
by state information, reports and current news.
Tea-3
A website devoted to the reauthorization of the federal surface
transportation law.
APTA’s
Transit Oriented Development Resource Guide
This updated resource toolkit offers a broad introduction into the
available publications on Transit Oriented Development.
Transportation
Research Board
TRB is supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation and produces
independent research and publications relating to all modes and
aspects of transportation.
Transportation
Trades Department, AFL-CIO
TTD represents the interests of several million aviation, rail,
transit, trucking, highway and longshore workers.
The
Worldwide Transit Cabal
PublicTransit.us
Victoria
Transport Policy Institute
If you know of a link that should be added to this list,
please contact us at info@cfte.org.
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