Research Guides: Urban Planning & Public Policy: Transportation

Key Sites

In addition to those listed under the tab, "Find Articles" these online resources concentrate on different aspects of taansportation.

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
An organization that strives to promote excellence in the field of pedestrian and bicycle transportation. Site contains membership information, links, newsletter, seminar information, job lists and an events calendar.
dmoz.org Planning Directory
This directory is part of the Open Directory Project, and covers topics such as growth and sprawl, historic preservation, transportation, sustainability. This particular category on the dmoz.org site is available in nine languages.
Latino New Urbanism (LNU)
The concepts behind the project build upon the thesis that the growing popluation of Latinos in California may become instrumental in the construction of more compact and sustable cities in the state.
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The LNU project began in 2003 as part of the Transportation and Land Use collaborative. The site offers background information about LNU, summaries from past conferences, and the opportunity to receive e-mail updates.
Projects for Public Spaces (PPS)
PPS' mission is to create and sustain public places that build communities; achieving this through programs in transportation, parks, plazas, central squares, public markets and community institutions.
Smart Growth Resource Library
The Smart Growth Resource Library provides access to reports, Web sites, tools and case studies covering topics such as transportation, housing, and urban design.
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The digital library is available as part of the Smart Growth Network, which was "formed in response to increasing community concerns about the need for new ways to grow that boost the economy, protect the environment, and enhance community vitality."
Transport Blog
Advocates for a free market in the transport sector via discussions. Various categories of blog postings presented.
Transportation Research Board
Presents a collection of publications as compiled by the Transportion Research Board of the National Academies.
Transport Model for Scotland
Serves as a transport and land use modeling tool and database helpful for inter-urban road and public transport assessment.
Transit Oriented Development
Presents transit oriented development case studies, a list of related programs and projects, and a host of pertinent transit resources.

Transportation Studies

Institute of Transportation Studies, Univ of Calif, Berkeley
Institute of Transportation Studies,Univ of Calif, Berekeley - Research Publications Database- searchable index at ITS Berkeley
Institute for Transport Studies [Leeds Univ., England]
Institute of Transportation Studies
TransStats
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics supports this site designed for transportation researchers and analysts. Datasets are organized by mode, subject, and agency.
Trans Web
(Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State Univ., Calif.)
Transportation industry news and gateway to related websites.
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
The TRB issues several important publications - including the Journal; News Magazine; the E-Newsletter ; and the State of the Art Report Series
The California PATH Database
Bibliographic database pertaining to intelligent transportation systems.

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
National Transportation Library
National Transportation Statistics
TranStats
The Intermodal Transportation Database.
TRIS Online
The Transportation Research Information Services database has about "half a million records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation."