Sustainability
- www.walklive.org
The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute of Dan Burden. Started in 2010.
- www.itdp.org
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy founded by Mr. Replogle in New York. Worldwide activities.
- www.itdp-europe.org
European branch in Hamburg, Germany.
- www.transportrevolutions.info
A very important holistic view of the impacts of greenhouse gases and “the end of oil.” The site gives an overview of the book “Transport Revolutions, Moving People and Freight Without Oil,” by Professor Anthony Perl and Richard Gilbert from Canada. 2010: Book also in paperback.
- onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr290.pdf
Publication “The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation,” by the Transportation Research Board, 2008 (pdf)
- www.vtpi.org
VICTORIA TRANSPORTATION POLICY INSTITUTE
By far BEST WEBSITE for sustainable mobility. 16 indicators for sustainable transportation. Excellent for policies, alternative transportation, transportation demand management, modern traffic models, roundabouts, traffic calming, land use, campuses etc. You can download reports free of charge.
- www.epa.gov/sustainability
Environmental Protection Agency: Excellent downloadable brochures about sustainable development
- www.bfe.admin.ch/energie/00576/00577/index.html?lang=en
Switzerland: Go on “Benefits of Eco Drive.” Successful courses given to fleet operators and individuals in order to save up to 15% of gasoline. This is done by real driving instruction and simulator training. Video available from Jud
- www.ulsf.org
University Leaders for Sustainable Future
- www.rmi.org
Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO
- www.slocleanair.org
SLO County Air Pollution Control District (APCD). One graph shows, that 72% of the air pollution comes from transportation
- www.transweb.sjsu.edu
Mineta Transportation Institute in San Jose. Downloadable reports about sustainable mobility. e.g. Toward Sustainability Transportation Indicators for California, Principle Investigator: Richard Lee, Assistant Investigator: Eugene Jud
- www.lgc.org
Local Govt. Commission, California, good for neo-traditional town planning and sustainable transportation
- www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm
Very good lobbying and research for sustainable transportation
- www.colorado.edu/cuenvironmentalcenter
Boulder, Colorado Environmental Center
- www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/transprt/trantool.shtml
Department of Energy’s Center of Excellence for sustainable development. Is not fully updated.
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