Updated August 22nd, 2008
- Federal Agencies
- Important Documents
- Other Agencies
- Other Online Resources
- Alternative Transportation
- Articles, Brochures, Conference Proceedings, and Reports
- Books/Guidebooks, Documentaries/Presentations, and Manuals
- Emergency Transport Operations
- Environmental Justice
- Low Income Communities
- Public Involvement
- Sustainable Development
- Transportation Funding
- Transportation, Environmental, and Public Policy Organizations
- Transportation Research
- Transportation Training
- State Departments of Transportation
- State Environmental Agencies
Federal Agencies
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- 8-Hour Ground-level Ozone Designations
- Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative
- Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
- Environmental Justice - Policies and Guidance
- Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance - Environmental Justice
- Public Involvement
- Selected Presidential Documents or Executive Orders
- Smart Growth and Communities (includes Smart Growth Index)
-
U.S. Census Bureau: American Factfinder
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- Central Federal Lands Highway Division
- Directory of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division
- The Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program
- National Highway Institute
- National Highway Specifications
- National Scenic Byways Program
- Planning, Environment, & Real Estate (HEP)
- Air Quality
- Calender of Events: Planning, Environment, and Realty Events
- Census Transportation Planning Package 2000
- Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decisionmaking
- Context Sensitive Design/Thinking Beyond Pavement
- Environmental Guidebook
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Streamlining
- Highway Traffic Noise
- Human Environment
- Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance
- Metropolitan Planning
- Native American Coordination
- NEPA Development Project
- Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas
- Planning American Community Survey: New Data Source to Profile Communities
- Public Involvement
- Rural Transportation Planning
- Scenario Planning
- Statewide Transportation Planning
- Traffic Calming
- Transportation Conformity Reference Guide
- Reauthorization of TEA-21
- Re:NEPA
- Summary of Environmental Legislation Affecting Transportation
- Congestion and Traffic
- Transportation Safety Planning
- Tribal Transportation Planning
- Travel Model Improvement Program - TMIP
- Western Federal Lands Highway Division
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
- Washington State Department of Transportation Social and Community Affects
Important Documents
(To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)Community Impact and Environmental Assessment
- Community Impact Assessment - A Quick Reference for Transportation
- Focus on Community Best Practices in Transportation 2004
- Guide to Materials on Environmental Assessment Available on the Internet - University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Guidelines for Environmental Performance Measurements Final Report (PDF)
- Recommendations for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking
Second National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment, December 6-7, 2000
- Linking Planning & NEPA: CASE STUDIES
- CALTRANS Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) Master Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin (PDF)
- Community Impact Mitigation: Case Studies
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Title VI
- Department of Transportation Order on Environmental Justice
- Environmental Legislation Affecting Transportation
- Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
- Executive Order 13166 - Improving Access to Services for Persons With Limited English Proficiency
- Executive Order 13274 - Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews
- Federal-aid Highway Act of 1970: 23 United States Code 109(h)
- FHWA Actions to Address Environmental Justice
- Implementing Title VI Requirements in Metropolitan and Statewide Planning
- NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- Reauthorization of TEA-21
- TEA-21: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues
- 6th National Community Impact Assessment Workshop:Urban Areas In Transition, Denver, Colorado, July 31 – August 3, 2006
- 5th National Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Northeast Workshop in Trenton, New Jersey September 12 - 14, 2005
- 4th National Community Assessment Workshop: Conference Presentations, Portland, Maine, August 21 - 26, 2004
- Third National Community Impact Assessment Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, August 19 - 21, 2002 (PDF)
- Second National Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Conference Sumary, San Diego, California, August 29 - September 2, 2000 (PDF)
- First National Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Conference Summary, Tampa, Florida, September 15 - 16, 1998 (PDF)
- Southwest Regional Community Impact Assessment Workshop, Scottsdale, Arizona, June 6-9, 2005
- Midwest Regional Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Conference Presentations, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 9 - 12, 2003
- Community Impact Assessment: Connecting with People Today for a Well Designed Tomorrow (PDF & PowerPoint) - Addendum, Spokane, Washington, April 8 - 10, 2003.
- Northeastern Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Conference Proceedings, Newark, New Jersey, October 29 - 31, 2001
- Southern Region Community Impact Assessment Workshop: Session Highlights, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 5 - 7, 2001 (PDF)
Other Agencies
- Air & Waste Management Association
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- American Planning Association
- American Public Transportation Association
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- The Brookings Institution
- Center for Green Space Design
- Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change
- Community Transportation Association of America
- Institute for Transportation Development Policy
- International Association for Impact Assessment
- National Local Technical Assistance Program Association
- Transportation Research Board
- Transportation Research Board Calendar
- Tribal Technical Assistance Program
- Urban Strategies Council
Other Online Resources
Alternative Transportation (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)Organizations/Federal Programs
- Association for Commuter Transportation
- B.E.S.T. -- Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (Canada)
- Carfree.com
- FHWA Bicycle & Pedestrian Program
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center: Bicyclinginfo.org
- National Center for Bicycling & Walking
- Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, Inc.
- Walkable Communities, Inc.
- Making Crosswalks Safer for Pedestrians: Application of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Crosswalks in St. Petersburg, Florida (PDF)
-
Public Transit in America (PDF)
- Appendix A (PDF)
Appendix B (PDF)
Appendix C (PDF)
Articles, Brochures, Conference Proceedings and Reports (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Articles
Cities that Work: Papers and Presentations
- Constructive Engagement Resource Guide: Practical Advice for Dialogue Among Facilities, Workers, Communities and Regulators (PDF)
- Economic Impacts of Access Management (PDF)
- Land Development and Subdivision Regulations that Support Access Management (PDF)
- Mobility and Mode Choice of People of Color for Non-Work Travel (PDF)
- Model Land Development Regulations that Support Access Management (PDF)
- Security Considerations in Transportation Planning: A White Paper
- Transportation & Economic Development
- Working with Community-Based Organizations on Transportation Planning
- Community Impact Assessment Brochure (PDF)
- Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance (PDF)
- FHWA Highway Traffic Noise Brouchure
- Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community (PDF)
- African-American Mobility Symposium IV 1997: Forging the Dream (PDF)
- Environmental Research Needs in Transportation, March 21-23, 2002 (PDF)
- Joint Summer Meeting of the Planning, Economics, Finance, Management, Freight and Transit Committees, July 11-13, 2002
- Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice and Implementation, September 8-11, 2002
- Second National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment, December 6-7, 2000
- Second National GIS In Transit, May 16-18, 1999
- 2005 Urban Mobility Study Report (Studies from previous years can be ordered)
- An Analysis of the Governor’s Road Improvement Program (GRIP) for the Georgia Department of Transportation (PDF)
- Building a True Community: Final Report, Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee
- Community Based Approaches: Bibliography of Community-Based Environmental Protection Reports and Publications
- External Costs: Research Results on Socio-Environmental Damages Due to Electricity and Transport - European Commission (PDF)
- FHWA Highway Statistics 2000
- FHWA Traffic Calming: State of the Practice: August 1999
- Investigation of the use of Mobile Phones while Driving
- The Jobs are back in Town: Urban Smarth Growth & Contruction Employment (PDF)
- Lessons Learned in Preparing the US17 Community Impact Assessment (PDF)
- NCHRP 25-22: Technologies to Improve Consideration of Environmental Concerns in Transportation Decisions
- NCHRP Synthesis 373: Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Context-Sensitive Solutions (PDF)
- NCHRP 551: Performance Measures and Targets for Transportation Asset Management (PDF)
- National Transportation Statistics Reports (2000 to 2003)
- Noteworthy MPO Practices in Transportation - Land Use Planning Integration, Final Report, April 2004 (PDF)
- Regulatory Negotiation Committee on Accessibility Guidelines for Outdoor Developed Areas: Final Report September 30 1999
- Report of the Common Sense Initiative Council's Stakeholder Involvement Workgroup (PDF)
- Roadway Conditions as Contributing Factors in 1998 Florida Traffic Crashes (PDF)
- Section 8 Mobility and Neighborhood Health
- TCRP Report 88: A Guidebook for Developing a Transit Performance Measurement System (PDF)
- Ten Years of Progress: Building Better Communities through Transportation
- Traffic Congestion and Reliability: Linking Solutions to Problems
- Traffic Patterns of People of Color (PDF)
- Unifying America, 2001 Report to the American People
- Community Based Approaches: Tools
- Higher-Density Plans: Tools for Community Engagement (PDF)
- Toolkit for Integrating Land Use and Transportation Decision-Making
- Wildlife Crossings Toolkit
Books/Guidebooks, Documentaries/Presentations, and Manuals (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Books/Guidebooks- Building Projects that Build Communities - Recommended Best Practices (PDF)
- Check Your Success: A Guide to Developing Indicators for Community Based Projects
- Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place (PDF)
- Community Impact Assessment: Quick Reference for Transportation
- Community Impact Assessment and Environmental Justice for Transit Agencies: A Reference
- Community Impact Assessment in Florida Transportation Projects: Case Studies (PDF)
- Community Impact Assessment Handbook
- Community Impact Mitigation: Case Studies
- The Conservation-Minded Citizen’s Guide to Transportation Planning
- Detour Publications
- Flexibility in Highway Design
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Community Impact Assessment (PDF)
- Public Health Workbook to Define, Locate and Reach Special, Vulnerable, and At-Risk Populations in an Emergency (PDF)
- Transportation Invest in America: A New Vision for the 21st Century, AASHTO
- Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design - Washington (PDF)
- What Works: Best Practices for Sensible & Sustainable Growth
- Road Ecology for our Giant on the Land, lecture by Dr. Richard T.T. Forman, Center for Transportation and the Environment Distinguished Speaker Series, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, January 23, 2002 Netcast
- Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life. Produced by Florentine Films/Hott Productions and WETA. 90 min, Videocassette, 1997
- Developing Title VI Profile Maps for Community Impact Assessment, lecture by Dr. Beverly Ward, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2002 Netcast
Manuals
- Access Management Manual
- Managing Corridor Development (PDF)
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Emergency Transport Operations (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Community Transportation Association Resource Alert: Emergency Preparedness
- Connecting Communities: Public Transportation Prepared Workshop
- FHWA Emergency Transportation Operations
- The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation(PDF)
- United We Ride
Environmental Justice (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Organizations- AmericaSpeaks
- Center for Community Change: Transportation Equity Network
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- Environmental Justice Foundation
- Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University
- Harvard University, Working Group on Environmental Justice
- The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA - Environmental Links
- TRB - Committee on Environmental Justice
- Case Studies in Environmental Justice and Public Transit Title VI Reporting (PDF)
- A Citizen's Guide to Using Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice
- Community-University Initiatives for the Establishment of Urban Environmental Education Centers to Assist Stakeholder Communities Major Environmental Justice Issues Associated with Urban Colleges and Universities (PDF)
- Environmental Defense Scorecard Pollution Locator
- Environmental Justice and Transportation: A Citizen's Handbook (PDF)
- Environmental Justice in EPA Permitting: Reducing Pollution in High-Risk Communities is Integral to the Agency's Mission (PDF)
- Environmental Justice in Transportation Planning and Investments (PDF)
- Environmental Justice and Transportation Decisionmaking (PowerPoint Presentation)
- FHWA Actions To Address Environmental Justice In Minority Populations And Low-Income Populations
- FHWA Environmental Justice (includes Effective Practice Case Studies)
- Indian Country News
- Moving to Equity: Addressing Inequitable Effects of Transportation Policies on Minorities (PDF)
- An Overview of Transportation and Environmental Justice
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- Public Transport Needs of Minority, Ethnic and Faith Communities Guidance Pack
- A Study in Environmental Justice - Public Roads (FDOT/TFHRC), September 2003
- Summit II Resource/Policy Papers
- Transportation & Environmental Justice: Effective Practices
Low Income Communities (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Powder Springs Has Some Deep Roots In It: An Oral History Portrait of an African American Community (PDF)
- Changing the Geography of Opportunity by Expanding Residental Choice: Lessons from Gautreaux Program (PDF)
- Moving Over or Moving Up? Short-Term Gains and Losses for Relocated HOPE VI Families (PDF)
Public Involvement (To view and print PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Better Decisions through Consultation and Collaboration
- TR News: Going Public: Involving Communities in Transportation Decisions (PDF)
- Hear Every Voice: A Guide to Public Involvement at Mn/DOT (PDF)
- Planning Games and Public Participation: Regional CIA Workshop, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2001 (PDF)
- Public Deliberation: A Manager's Guide to Public Engagement (PDF)
- Public Involvement Handbook - Florida Department of Transportation
- Public Involvement Handbook for Median Projects (PDF)
- Public Involvement: Planning Assistant Tool
- Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-making
- NEJAC Model Plan forPublic Participation
- The True Costs of Public Participation
- Clary Meuser Research Network
- EcolQ.com: Smart Choices Aligning Economics and Ecology
- Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
- Global Environment and Technology Foundation
- Greenbuilder.com
- Massachusetts Highway Department Project Development and Design Guide
- National Geographic New Urban Neighborhood
- New Jersey FIT: Future In Transportation
- Partners for Livable Communities
- Quiet Pavement
- Renewable Energy Policy Project
- Sierra Club Stop Sprawl
- Smart Communities Network
- Smart Growth Network
- Sprawl Articles: Planning Commissioners Journal
- Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
- Sustainable Communities Network
- “Sustainable Community Development Code Reform” Initiative
- “Sustainable Community Development Code: A Code for the 21st Century
- “Sustainable Community Development: Research Monologue Series (PDF)
- 1000 Friends of Oregon
- Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture - NASA document
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Transportation, Environmental, and Public Policy Organizations
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Center for Community Change
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Context Sensitive Solutions.org.
- Eno Transportation Foundation
- International Association for Public Participation
- Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- National Association of Environmental Professionals
- National Charrette Institute
- National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse
- Project for Public Spaces
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Surface Transportation Policy Project - Transportation Action Network
- Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program
- Urbancity for Local Government and Urban Development
Research Institutes/Centers
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning
- Center for Transportation Analysis
- Center of Transportation and the Environment - North Carolina State University
- Center for Transportation Studies - University of Minnesota
- Center for Urban Transportation Research - University of South Florida
- Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee
- Institute for Community Research
- Institute for Highway Safety
- Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy - Murdoch University, Australia
- Institute for Transportation Studies - University of California, Berkeley
- Institute for Transportation Studies - University of California, Irvine
- Ohio River Bridges Project
- Public Policy Center
- Treasure Valley Futures: Alternatives for the American West
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- Community-Wealth.org
- California Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Searchable Database
- ElsevierSocialSciences: Transportation
- National Transportation Library
- Perspectives on Land Use and Transportation - University of South Florida
- Planetizen: The Planning and Development Network
- RuralTransportation.org
- Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan Documents Center
- Victory Transportation Policy Institute's Online TDM Encyclopedia