Links to Professional Resources

GENERAL

Data Bases and Library Sites

Internet Resources for Highway Engineering

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/96-fall/choinski.html

National Transportation Library

http://ntl.bts.gov/

Engineering News-Record
http://enr.com/transportation/enrindex.asp

About the Author

Dr. James H. Banks

http://www.engineering.sdsu.edu/civil/faculty/james_banks.html

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CHAPTER 1

Government Agencies and Transportation Associations

U.S. Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.gov/

Federal Aviation Administration

http://www.faa.gov/

Federal Highway Administration

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

Federal Transit Administration

http://www.fta.dot.gov/

Federal Railroad Administration

http://www.fra.dot.gov/o/hsgt/

Intelligent Transportation Systems

http://www.its.dot.gov/

National Center for Statistics and Analysis

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US DOT

http://www.bts.gov/

California Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.ca.gov/

New York State Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.state.ny.us/

Texas Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/

Illinois Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.state.il.us/

Florida Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.state.pa.us/

Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

The Institute of Transportation Engineers

http://www.ite.org/

AASHTO

http://www.transportation.org/

American Public Transportation Association

http://www.apta.com/

High Speed Ground Transportation Association

http://www.hsgt.org/

American Railway Development Association

http://www.amraildev.org/

Association of American Railroads

http://www.aar.org/

American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

http://www.arema.org/

The American Waterways Operators

http://www.americanwaterways.com/

American Association of Port Authorities

http://www.aapa-ports.org/

American Trucking Association

http://www.truckline.com/

Air Transport Association of America

http://www.air-transport.org/

International Air Transport Association

http://www.iata.org

Statistics

National Center for Statistics and Analysis

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US DOT

http://www.bts.gov/

U. S. Census Bureau, Commodity Flow Survey, 1997

http://www.census.gov/prod/ec97/97tcf-us.pdf

Transportation Modes

American Public Transportation Association

http://www.apta.com/

American Railway Development Association

http://www.amraildev.org/

Association of American Railroads

http://www.aar.org/

The American Waterways Operators

http://www.americanwaterways.com/

American Association of Port Authorities

http://www.aapa-ports.org/

American Trucking Association

http://www.truckline.com/

Air Transport Association of America

http://www.air-transport.org/

Industry Reports for Transportation and Distribution, BISNIS: The Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States

http://bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/isa/isa-transp.htm

Seaports of the Americas Online

http://www.seaportsinfo.com/

Traffic World

http://www.trafficworld.com/

Transport News Online

http://www.transportnews.com/

Transport Topics: Trucking’s Electronic Newspaper

http://www.ttnews.com/

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Congestion

Mapquest Live Traffic Reports

http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/traffic?link=btwn/twn-traffic_index&event=index&uid=uek8v7r6s6_do9ge:ba9ra504r

National Traffic and Road Closure Information

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/

The Definitive Table of Real-Time Traffic

http://www.itsonline.com/rttable.html

Safety

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

http://www.aaafts.org/

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Links

http://www.aaafts.org/Text/tslinks.htm

Environmental Protection

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/

Piedmont Triad International Airport EIS

http://www.ptia.org/eisexec.htm

Southeast High Speed Rail Environmental Impact Study

http://www.sehsr.org/eis/

Legacy Parkway (Utah) Final EIS Summary

http://www.dot.state.ut.us/legacy/FEISSUMMARY.htm

New Technology

Intelligent Transportation Systems

http://www.its.dot.gov/

Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems

http://citrans.pti.psu.edu/

Intelligent transportation Society of America

http://itsa.org/

Laws, Regulations, and Policy

Surface Transportation Policy Project

http://www.transact.org/

Transportation Equity Act for the 21^st Century

http://www.tea21.org/

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Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

AASHTO

http://www.transportation.org/

Federal Aviation Administration

http://www.faa.gov/

Federal Highway Administration

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

International Air Transport Association

http://www.iata.org

American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

http://www.arema.org/

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Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

AASHTO

http://www.transportation.org/

Federal Aviation Administration

http://www.faa.gov/

Federal Highway Administration

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

International Air Transport Association

http://www.iata.org

American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

http://www.arema.org/

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AASHTO

http://www.transportation.org/

Superpave Models and Software

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/////////pavement/superpav.htm

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U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/

Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

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Traffic Reports

Mapquest Live Traffic Reports

http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/traffic?link=btwn/twn-traffic_index&event=index&uid=uek8v7r6s6_do9ge:ba9ra504r

National Traffic and Road Closure Information

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/

The Definitive Table of Real-Time Traffic

http://www.itsonline.com/rttable.html

Related Readings

The Physics of Gridlock

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/budiansky.htm

Science Hobbyist: Traffic Waves, physics for bored commuters

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html

Traffic and Related Self-Driven Many Particle Systems

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0012/0012229.pdf

The Travel Model Improvement Program

The Travel Model Improvement Program

http://www.bts.gov/tmip/tmip.html

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Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

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CHAPTER 11

Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

The Institute of Transportation Engineers

http://www.ite.org/

Intelligent Transportation Systems

http://www.its.dot.gov/

Intelligent transportation Society of America

http://itsa.org/

Mapquest Live Traffic Reports

http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/traffic?link=btwn/twn-traffic_index&event=index&uid=uek8v7r6s6_do9ge:ba9ra504r

National Traffic and Road Closure Information

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/

The Definitive Table of Real-Time Traffic

http://www.itsonline.com/rttable.html

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CHAPTER 12

Federal Transit Administration

http://www.fta.dot.gov/

Transportation Research Board

http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/

Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority

http://www.septa.org/

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

http://www.mbta.com/

Chicago Transit Authority

http://www.transitchicago.com/

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

http://www.itsmarta.com/

Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority

http://www.wmata.com/

Bay Area Rapid Transit District

http://www.bart.org/

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CHAPTER 13

The Travel Model Improvement Program

http://www.bts.gov/tmip/tmip.html

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Metropolitan Planning Organizations

San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission

http://www.mtc.ca.gov/

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

http://www.nymtc.org/

Chicago Area Transportation Study

http://www.catsmpo.com/

Boston Metropolitan Planning Council

www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/

Puget Sound Regional Council

http://www.psrc.org/

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

http://mwcog.org/

Southern California Council of Governments

http://www.scag.ca.gov/

North Central Texas Council of Governments

http://www.dfwinfo.com/

Air Quality Modeling

Description of MOBILE Model

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/mdlsmry.txt

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CHAPTER 15

Piedmont Triad International Airport EIS

http://www.ptia.org/eisexec.htm

Southeast High Speed Rail Environmental Impact Study

http://www.sehsr.org/eis/

Legacy Parkway

http://www.dot.state.ut.us/legacy/

http://www.dot.state.ut.us/tic/

http://utah.sierraclub.org/ogden/legacyEPA.html

http://www.epa.gov/region08/laws_enforcement/nepa/nepapub/ut/Legacy_Parkway_Project.pdf

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