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LOCAL AND
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke
County - ACC government website
Athens-Clarke
Heritage Foundation - Historical preservation
Athens
Grow Green Coalition - Sustainable land use
Athens
Transit - In-depth information about Athens Transit
Citizens
for Healthy Neighborhoods - Neighborhood watchdog
Friends of Five
Points - Neighborhood protection
Island
Athens - A local interactive community on the web
Nitty
Gritty Bike Band - Recreational group rides
North
Oconee Greenway - The completed Greenway project is on its
way!
UGA Campus
Transit - Campus transit system website
UGA
Parking Services Alternative Transportation Program -
A great program - check it out!
Upper Oconee Watershed
Network (UOWN) - Water protection
Flagpole Magazine
- Local independent weekly
Statewide
Atlanta
Bike Campaign
Emory
University Alternative Transportation
Georgia
Department of Transportation
The Georgia
Transit Association
PEDS: Pedestrians
Educating Drivers on Safety
PATH
Foundation
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APTA: American Public Transit Association - "APTA
serves and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation,
and information sharing to strengthen and expand public transportation"
California
Transit Links | Northwest
Transit Links - Train, bus, and ferry links specific to
the Alaska, California, the Northwestern US, and British Columbia,
as well as a variety of other links
FTA:
Federal Transit Administration (USDOT) Links - Provides
access to sites with transit and transportation related information
and a variety of government sites
ITDP: Institute
for Transportation and Development Policy - "Promoting
environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation worldwide".
Metro
Transit Maps - Metro area tram, bus, light rail,
and rail system maps
Public Transportation Webrings - "TravelNotes
editors have created this Webring Directory to help you find webrings
to join, or randomly surf some of the exceptional travel websites
tucked away in a webring and not ranked highly on search engines."
Routes
International - "Your Gateway to the World of PeopleTransportation
& Travel by Land, Rail, Sea, and Air". Contains a vast
directory of links
STPP
Transportation Action Network - The Surface Transportation
Policy Project promotes sustainable transportation in the US. The
site contains news, statistics, information about transportation
policy, and more
The
SUSTRAN Network - "promotes and popularizes people-centred,
equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on Asia and the
Pacific"
TrafficLinq
- "an extensive directory of links covering issues regarding
road traffic and transportation. TrafficLinq covers about 1000 web
sites world wide, and has an option to scan all transportation sites
with one query."
Trans Future - Photos and links of trains and ferries,
primarily focus: UK and Ireland
The
Transportation Directory - A listing web sites which provide
information concerning common carrier transportation within North
America
The
Transport Web links - Extensive links directory containing
a variety of transport modes
Transport of Delight - International pictures of trams,
trains, and buses
World
Wide Web Virtual Library Transportation
- Links directory from the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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TRANSPORTATION
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Channels
- Not a transportation site, but offers street scene images of cities
that include Amsterdam, Paris, and Barcelona in a virtual tour format
European Railway Picture Gallery - Contains tens of thousands
of rail images
PBIC Image
Library - Extensive and well-organized image library containing
bike-pedestrian images available for downloading
TrafficLinq
- Find Pictures - TrafficLinq Find Pictures specializes in
photos on traffic and transportation
Tramways.com
- Contains over 5000 photos of tramways, buses, subways, trolleybuses,
light railways and railways around the world
TransportationPlanet
- An image resource site developed by the webmaster of BikeAthens.com,
featuring over 1000 balanced transportation images
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CNU: Congress for the New Urbanism - Informative website
from the Congress of New Urbanism. Visit the CNU
links page for more New Urbanist links
Smart
Growth America - Smart Growth America is a nationwide coalition
promoting a better way to grow
Planner's Web - City and regional planning resources
Urban
Advantage - Creates digital images that transform poorly-planned,
car-dependent environments into smart growth / balanced transportation
environments
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Sierra
Club Challenge to Sprawl campaign
Sprawl
Busters - An International Clearinghouse on Big Box Anti-Sprawl
Information.
SprawlCity.org - "A website about consumption
growth and population growth and their roles in the urban sprawl that
destroys natural habitat and farmland around US cities"
Sprawl
Guide - Planner'sWeb sprawl guide
SprawlWatch
- News from around the country
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Carfree.com - Contains information and illustrations about
car-free cities, places, and planning. Pictures, virtual tours,
and a large
links directory
Car Free
Movement - Car- free movement information
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AmericaWalks.org - A national coalition of local advocacy
groups dedicated to promoting walkable communities.
B.E.S.T. Better
Environmentally Sound Transportation - An alternative transportation
organization based in Vancouver B.C.
Bikes
Belong Coalition - Lobbies for bicycle friendly policy in
Washington, D.C., promotes bicycling to the public, supports other
groups pursuing similar goals, and distributes grants for bicycle
facility projects.
League of
American Bicyclists - "Working for a bicycle-friendly
America"
Pedestrian Advocacy Links - Links to a variety of pedestrian
advocacy sites
ProBicycle.com
- Advocacy by cyclists for cyclists
Transportation
Alternatives - Alternative transportation advocacy group out
of New York City. More transportaion links on thier page http://www.transalt.org/info/links.html
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CARtoons - Clever CARtoons by
Andy Singer
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BIKE
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A History of Cycle Paths - A chronology of bike paths
BicyclingInfo.org
- Information from the Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center
(PBIC)
Bikelane.com
- Directory of bike links
CriticalMassHub.com
- Index of cities with Critical Mass rides
History
of Bicycles - From the International
Bicycle Fund
Nowhere
Road - Web-based, educational cycling game
Paul
Dorn's Bike Commuting Tips - Advice from the Bay Area
The Bike
Plan Source - On-going effort to help you improve bicycling
conditions in your community
Your
Sidewalk's My Sidewalk - An outlaw manifesto
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AmericaWalks.org - A national coalition of local
advocacy groups dedicated to promoting walkable communities
Walkable
Communities - Helping communities become more walkable
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APTA: American Public Transit Association - "APTA serves
and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation, and
information sharing to strengthen and expand public transportation"
The Bus Station - "One of the biggest resources for bus-related
links on the Web"
Buses
Worldwide - "An international association of people interested
in bus operations and manufacturers in all parts of the world"
Transit
World - Photo galleries of buses in Australia, New Zealand,
and Canada, as well as links
Vintage Bus Pages - UK bus photos, book list, and links
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Light Rail Atlas - maps of light rail corridors in Europe,
United States and other areas in the world
Light
Rail Transit Association - Information and pictures
of tram and light rail systems around the world
Portland
Streetcar.org - Portland, Oregon is bringing back the streetcar,
gone since the 1950's
Tramway
and Trolleybus images - Information and a selection of pictures
of trams, trolleybuses, and light rail in mainly in Australia but
also New Zealand, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, and Malaysia. Historic
and modern vehicles and pictures.
The Trolley Stop - "This site has been developed as
a resource, for students and others, who are unfamiliar with the important
role the street railway industry, and the electric trolley, played
in the everyday lives of the vast majority of Americans, during the
period of its greatest popularity, from 1890 to 1930."
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Rails to Trails.org - The Rails to Trails Conservancy website
Silver
Comet Trail - Atlanta, Georgia rail trail
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FHA Traffic Calming page - Traffic calming information
from the US Federal Highway Administration
ROAD DIETS (pdf) - How to improve road safety and expand
use to other transportation modes by reducing lanes
Traffic Calming Library - Contains a searchable database
of reports, articles and other documents related to traffic calming.
Courtesy ITE: the Institute of Transportation Engineers
TrafficCalming.net -
"This site provides information on actual traffic calming examples",
by traffic calming engineer Peter Partington
TrafficCalming.org
- "Your complete guide to traffic calming and neighborhood
traffic management".
Traffic
Calming in Portland, Oregon - Information about traffic calming
in one of the US's traffic calming leaders, from the City of Portland
Office of Transportation
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Eurostar
Trains - Unofficial Eurostar high speed train site
European Railway Server - A European rail site filled with
information, links, and the European
Railway Picture Gallery, which contains tens of thousands of images
High-Speed
Rail - Information about the Japanese Shinkasen (bullet train),
German ICE, French TGV, and other high-speed trains
RailEurope - Routes, schedules, maps, and booking
for European trains
RailLinks.com - "The definitive directory of railroad
websites" Lots of links
Railserve.com - A large link index with "7825 websites
in 32 categories"of all things rail
Railway Technology - Detailed information and pictures
of existing and planned rail systems (high speed, light rail, and
metro) around the world
Shinkansen
Bullet Train - Basic information about the Shinkansen from
Japan-Guide.com
Shinkansen Gallery - Fascinating pictures of one of the
world's most advanced trains
Shinkansen Stations - Pictures and info about Shinkansen
train stations
Shinkansen
Types - Chronological listing of info and pictures of Shinkansen
models
SNCF les
TGV - The official SNCF French rail website
The
Train Brain - Java simulations of some US train routes
US
Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration
- The official website
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Car Talk SUV site
The Godzilla SUV
The
Detroit Project - Arianna Huffington's grassroots campaign
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