Transportation Links

www.ecoplan.org
a group in Paris that promotes international car-free day (you will not be able to use the 'back' button to return to the MIST site)

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/budiansky.htm
an article on traffic jams that has an interesting conclusion showing how adding roadways can actually decrease capacity

http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/05/07/traffic.cities/index.html
The average American spends 36 hours per year stuck in traffic, up from 11 hours in 1982. The Urban Mobility Report looked at 68 cities across the country in an annual study from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University in College Station.

http://www.carpooling.ca
carpool website for the Kitchener-Guelph Traffic Reduction Initiative.

Community

www.orton.org/frameset.cfm
a family foundation in Vermont

Economy

www.wsdot.wa.gov/SmartMoves/truecost.htm
true cost of commute calculator

Empolyer Programs

links to TMA's

www.missoulainmotion.com
Missoula In Motion

Environment

www.savearcticrefuge.org
info on opening the Arctic Refuge for oil exploration

European

www.rmv.de
comprehensive regional mobility site--transportation and travel in the Rhein-Main area--schedules, fares, status of flights at the Frankfurt airport, ridesharing, school materials, directory of bicycle rentals. (you will not be able to use the 'button' to get back to the MIST site)

www.vipre.com
the mobility company

Fuel

www.HydrogenNow.org

www.biodiesel.com

www.fuelcellpartnership.org

www.zevnow.org/background.html
information about Zero-Emission Vehicle program, California ZEV Alliance

http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/03/03022001/biodiesel_42246.asp
a story about a van that runs on used french fry oil

www.zeropollution.com
a company producing vehicles that run on compressed air (you will need to double click quickly on the 'back' button' to get back to the MIST site)

Global Warming

www.gcrio.org/NationalAssessment/
on global warming

www.gcpa.org/cool_communities.htm
a concrete association

Greenways

www.ecga.org
Essex County Greenway Association

a passage on greenways, from Jane Jacobs

Health

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/issues/v160n11/abs/ioi90593.html
AMA journal of internal medicine shows: Bicycling to work decreases risk of mortality

http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/2001/02_01/killingsworth.htm
a link between health and transportation

suburbia and obesity

Highways

www.fhwa.dot.gov/context
on the national conference in Missoula on Context Sensitive Design, Sept 2001

www.planning.org/pubs/jan01.htm
article by Reid Ewing in recent issue of 'Planning' on flexible highway design

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/budiansky.htm
an article on traffic jams that has an interesting conclusion showing how adding roadways can actually decrease capacity

www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd.htm

Website for Context-Sensitive Highway Design- The Federal Highway Administration

'Context-sensitive design refers to efforts to better blend roads with their surroundings, such as urban areas, historic districts or scenic countrysides. Context-sensitive design asks first about the need and the purpose of the transportation project and then addresses safety, mobility and the preservation of scenic, aesthetic, historic, environmental and other community values. The process involves a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach in which citizens are part of the design team'

www.odot.state.or.us/tdb/planning/access_mgt/papers/papers.html
Oregon DOT's standards for median treatments and other access management papers

Indicators

www.cyberus.ca/choose.sustain/index5.html
calls for the development and regular publication of measures to indicate "the economic, social and environmental well-being of people, communities and ecosystems in Canada".

www.chicagometropolis2020.org
Chicago Metropolis 2020's indicator report for the Chicago metropolitan region.

Planning

http://www.pcl.org
Planning and Conservation League- Sacramento, CA

www.crit.com
a consultant based in Portland, Oregon

Policy

http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/23/title23sec73.html
In 1991, voters in Maine approved the Sensible Transportation Policy Act

www.bikefed.org/pdf/jtstate.pdf
the policy that bicyclists and pedestrians must be included as an integral part of all transportation investments

www.cyberus.ca/choose.sustain
'You should take a copy of this very positive policy statement to your city, county and state government and ask them to adopt it. THE CAMPAIGN IS ON! Canada Well-Being Measurement Act (CWBMA). The CWBMA offers an opportunity for public re-assessment of the purposes of society. The Act (Bill C-469) was introduced in the House of Commons on April 5, 2000. People care about each other, their communities and the environment that supports us. By measuring and regularly reporting on the well-being of these things, the CWBMA can establish them as valid goals - things we want to maintain and improve through our tax money and the decision making power that we give government.'

www.vtpi.org
Victoria Transport Policy Institute

www.vtpi.org/whoserd.htm
'Whose Roads? Defining Bicyclists and Pedestrians Right to Use Public Roadways'
by Todd Litman

Rail

http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/

www.stationfoundation.org
'Does your community have an old train station in danger of demolition, serious deterioration, or collapse through neglect? You can help bring it to public attention by nominating your station for the Top 10 Most Endangered Stations list.'

Roundabouts

www.tfhrc.gov/safety/00068.htm
The FHWA roundabout guide (PDF format)

www.odot.state.or.us/techserv/engineer/pdu/roundabout.htm
Oregon DOT Roundabout web page

www.ourston.com
a roundabout consultant and designer, with pictures

MIST roundabout demonstration project

Safety

www.highwaysafety.org
IIHS's website

www.local-transport.dtlr.gov.uk/schooltravel/index.htm#new
A British government web site on safe routes for kids to get to school

Signage

www.guidancepathways.com

Slow Down

The May 13th edition of Status Report, the newsletter of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, has a 2-page article about pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes and vehicle speeds. As they say... "about 5 percent of pedestrians hit by a vehicle traveling 20mph will die. The fatality rate jumps to 40 percent for cars traveling 30mph, 80 percent for cars going 40mph, and 100 percent for cars going 50mph or faster." They quote a "Literature review on vehicle travel speeds and pedestrian injuries," written by Bill Leaf et al for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To check out the study, visit: www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/pub/hs809012.html

Smart Growth

www.smartgrowthamerica.com

Social

www.ejrc.cau.edu
Atlanta transportation equity project

Stories

The Little Fox
A short-story for all ages

Streets

www.streetswithoutcars.com
about a documentary on the pedestrian corridor in Madison, Wisconsin

a newspaper article on great streets, by Carolyn Chase

http://www.urban-advantage.com/imageshtm.htm
before and after photos of street scapes and new development areas.

Sustainable Transportation

www.CommunitiesbyChoice.org

www.travelsmart.transport.wa.gov.au/pdfs/present_infra.pdf

www.mainst.org

www.transportationchoices.org
Transportation Choices Coalition

www.transact.org
Surface Transportation Policy Project

www.lesstraffic.com
David Engwicht's Website

www.CultureChange.org
Sustainable Energy Institute (formerly Fossil Fuels Policy Action Institute)

www.vtpi.org/tdm.
'Online TDM Encyclopedia- A practical tool for identifying and evaluating innovative solutions to transportation problems.'

www.tstc.org
a transportation reform campaign in the Northeast

a sustainable mobility project put forth by a group including several auto-makers

Telecommuting

http://www.energy.wsu.edu/telework/
research/studies on telecommuting and samples of telecommuting policies

Trails

www.ecga.org
Essex County Greenway Association

biketrack.com
bicycle parking and modular bike paths

Trains (see rail)

Universities

www.umt.edu/asum/park
the office of transportation at the University of Montana has some exciting programs, including the Cruiser Co-op- a fleet of 50 checkout bikes, a successful park 'n ride, and a free bus system.

www.uwm.edu/Dept/Trans/faculty.html
The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee offers 2 free days a month of parking for employees that participate in the Commuter Value Pass Program. They also pay a portion of the transit pass.

Urban Design

www.mlui.org
Michigan Land Use Institute

www.pps.org
Project for Public Spaces

www.patternlanguage.com
'Folks who've enjoyed any of Christopher Alexander's many books over the years (Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, the Oregon Experiment, The Linz Cafe, the Mary Rose Museum, etc.) may like to browse around his new Center for Environmental Structure website'

www.friends.org
1,000 Friends of Oregon

www.gaia.org/
this site is a resource for ecovillage projects throughout the world

Visioning

www.envisiontools.com

www.nesea.org

Walking

www.scn.org/civic/feetfirst/

www.americawalks.org
America Walks

www.citycomforts.com

www.walkable.org
Walkable Communities' website

http://w6.cityofchicago.org/CommunityPolicing/AboutCAPS/HowCAPSWorks/WalkingSchoolbus.html
on walking school buses

Wildlife Connections