BeatTheTraffic.com - Check live traffic conditions in cities across the United States. Processes and integrates real-time road traffic and weather information from numerous public and private sources, predicts traffic patterns and suggests routes so users can arrive at their destinations rested and ready.
Boston Area Roads, Crossings and Exits - Information on roads and bridges in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and southern New Hampshire. Maintained by Steve Anderson.
Chicago "L".org - Information on Chicago's rapid transit system.
Commuter Check - A national program providing administrative and marketing services that support public/private efforts to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and promote use of public transportation. Commuter Checks are vouchers employers provide to their employees for buying transit tickets, passes and tokens. They are used as an employee benefit, either as a substitute for taxable salary (offered on a pre-tax basis like a 401K) or supplemental company-paid benefit.
Complete the Streets -
Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and bus riders of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a complete street. In communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) - First enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1975, the purpose of CAFE is to reduce energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks. Regulating CAFE is the responsibility of two federal agencies: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NHTSA sets fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S.; EPA calculates the average fuel economy for each manufacturer. This site contains an immense amount of information about the CAFE program, including a program overview, related rulemaking activities, research, fleet characteristics and summaries of manufacturers' fuel economy performance since 1978.
Department for Transport (UK) - UK Aviation, Freight Logistics, Integrated Transport, Local Transport, Mobility and Inclusion, Railways, Roads, Vehicles and Road Safety, Science and Research, Shipping, Transport Safety, Transport Statistics information.
European Transport Forum (ETF) - Europe's leading transport news portal. The ETF tracks all issues connected with the European transport sector and aggregates news, analyses, statistics, legislation and financing opportunities in an easy-to-use website. The portal covers transport issues across all modes (road, rail, intermodality, maritime, air) and has quickly established itself as the transport news source of first choice across Europe.
Eurotunnel - The operator of the high speed transport system linking the UK to France through the Channel Tunnel. Runs high speed car, coach and freight shuttles.
Federal Highway Administation Research and Technology - A federally owned and operated research facility in McLean, Virginia.Provides the world highway community with advanced research and development related to new highway technologies.
Forwarderlaw.com - Comprehensive resource for legal information on freight forwarding.
Forwarders.com - Freight forwarding services directory. Find the companies you need by name, location, services required, or any keyword.
freightquote.com - Freight services: rate your shipment, choose a carrier to pick up your shipment, track your shipments.
Freightworld - Professional guide to worldwide freight transportation. Seaports, maritime, logistics providers, trucking, airlines, forwarders, railroads, tracking.
GasWars Online - Find the lowest fuel prices around the globe.
Gilmore v. Ashcroft - John Gilmore's case is about one thing: the right to travel. The court will have to determine the answers to two questions: Do citizens need to show ID in order to travel in the U.S.? If the answer is 'yes', is this constitutional?
High-Speed Rail Corridor Descriptions - Contains background about "ten high-speed corridors [designated] under section 1010 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and Section 1103(c) of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)." Includes a map showing all of the rail corridors and sections on individual corridors (and one that "is not a 'designated high-speed rail corridor'"). From the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Logistics Online - Logistics management and operations information.
LogLink - Air, rail, sea, and land transport and logistics resources and news.
National Transportation Exchange (NTE) - Enables manufacturers, retailers, third-party logistics providers and others who ship goods or materials to quickly buy available transportation capacity from carriers.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - An independent U.S. Federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident in the U.S. and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation, conducts special investigations and safety studies, and issues safety recommendations to prevent future accidents.
New York Roads, Crossings and Exits - Find listings of exits for major roadways; links to current traffic conditions and traffic cameras; and histories of the roadways. There's a section on planned roadways that were never built and another devoted to the crossings in the New York area. Map lovers and historians will enjoy viewing a variety of maps of roadways as they were built over the decades. Maintained by Steve Anderson.
Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) - World's largest bibliographic database pertaining to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), containing over 16,000 citations. PATH is a collaboration between the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the University of California, other public and private academic institutions, and private industry.
Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System - Intended to provide practitioners with the latest information available for improving the safety and mobility of those who walk. The online tools provide the user with a list of possible engineering, education, or enforcement treatments to improve pedestrian safety and/or mobility based on user input about a specific location.
Philadelphia Area Roads, Crossings and Exits - Information on roads and bridges in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. Maintained by Steve Anderson.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - The department within the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration that is responsible for coordinating a national safety program for the transportation of hazardous materials by air, rail, highway and water.
RAND Research Area: Transportation - RAND's transportation research includes a wide range of topics, such as sustainable transportation, safety, transit, land use, logistics, infrastructure and corridor planning, transportation finance, and training for transportation and logistics providers.
TaxiFareFinder.com -
Estimate your taxi cab fare and rates. Enter your location & get the distance, duration, and estimated fare.
TrafficLinq - Directory of traffic and transportation links and a search engine.
Transport Canada - Transport Canada is committed to maintaining the safety and security of maritime transportation - for operators and passengers of small commercial vessels, large commercial vessels and pleasure craft. We also have a role in some aspects of Canada's marine security, marine infrastructure and the transport of dangerous goods.
Transport News - Daily guide to the transportation industry.
Transportation.com - Online marketplace for carriers, shippers and private fleet owners.
Transportation Nation - Combines the work of public radio newsrooms and listeners as the way to inform on transportation issues. Partners are: WNYC, WAMU, KUHF, YPR, KALW, WMFE, Marketplace and The Takeaway.
Transportation Research Board - The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a unit of the National Research Council. The Board's mission is to promote progress in transportation by conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.
TRB Research in Progress (RiP) Database - The Research In Progress (RiP) Database contains about 6,600 records of current or recently completed transportation research projects. Each month about 100 new RiP projects are added to the database and another 150 RIP records are updated.
TRID - A newly integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide.
U.S. Local and State Transit Links - Each state's page includes statewide, regional, and local transit systems and transportation providers, state government transportation agencies, and other statewide, regional, and local transportation web sites.
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center - U.S. transportation systems center. A fee-for-service organization within the U.S. Department of Transportation. working in such areas as air traffic management, highway and rail safety, strategic planning and economic analysis, environmental assessment, transportation logistics, and security.
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