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• - Bicycle planning, advocacy, and program development. Features a planning guide, resource list, and news.
  
• - An independent Canadian research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems.
  
• - An examination and comparison of transportation systems in American and Swedish cities.
  
• - Objective transportation research resource maintained by the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida.
  
• - Slideshows about sustainable transportation practices, including traffic calming and bicycle planning and design [PDF files].
  
• - Promotes innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.
  
• - International transportation and planning exhibition and conference, held in Shanghai.
  
• - Official site of the "Walk to School" initiative in the UK, including information on events and resources for teachers, parents, and students.
  
• - Case studies of light rail station area planning and transit oriented development.
  
• - Information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access and mobility.
  
• - Promotes sustainable transportation models in developing nations to local and national governments.
  
• - Promotes high density mixed-use development around major transit facilities.
  
• - Official research agency for the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Railroad Commission, devoted to solving transportation problems.
  
• - U.S. activist website includes current news and topical analyses about a variety of transportation planning topics.
  
• - Economic libertarian group weblog. Includes personal opinion and discussion of transport and related topics.
  
• - Archive of transit and transportation demand management marketing materials that facilitates sharing of ideas among public transportation professionals in the U.S. and Canada.
  
• - Training, education, and clearinghouse services in support of public transportation in the United States.
  
• - UK based campaigning organization for pedestrians and public spaces. Initiator and stakeholder in many practical projects to improve quality and safety of streets (formerly the Pedestrians Association).
  
• - A nonprofit organization serving metropolitan planning organizations.
  
• - A multi-modal model covering strategic inter-urban travel within Scotland.
  
• - Free Access and Excel templates allowing highway agencies to optimize traffic safety improvements in conjunction with resurfacing projects.
  
• - A national organization focused on the link between transportation and community development, providing resources on transit-oriented development, intercity travel, and new urbanism.
  
• - Protects public health and the environment by controlling air pollution and encouraging travel choices that minimize emissions.
  
• - A collection of examples and solutions for achieving car-free cities.
  
• - Special tabulations from the 2000 U.S. Census designed for transportation planners.