Smart Growth Definition
This link provides the definition of smart growth on the FHWA's definition resource page.
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State activities related to Tribal Transportation Planning
Reports on state activites, case studies, tribal liaison offices and conference information related to tribal transportation planning
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Statewideplanning.org
Website of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Standing Committee on Planning. The website identifies and shares resources and best practices on statewide transportation planning practice.
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Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
The Surface Transportation Policy Project is a diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment.
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Taking Steps: An Assessment of Metropolitan Planning Organization Support For Bicycling and Walking
The report found five characteristics of MPOs that appear most likely to yield policies and practices friendly to these modes of transportation: a clear vision and commitment to bicycling and walking; the will to create meaningful plans; an ability to obtain political support for their goals; an especially keen understanding of how transportation money flows and how to influence this flow; and the determination to create practices that make change routine
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The Internet Public Library
Census Data & Demographics: Information from official and non-official periodic enumeration of the U.S. and other populations, including related demographic data and reports.
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The National League of Cities (NLC)
The NLC serves to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance.
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The Rural Information Center (RIC)
Website that provides information services for rural communities, officials, organizations, and citizens. The RIC site contains over 3,000 links to current and reliable information on a variety of rural resources and funding sources, including the RIC Database, Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas Database.
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Tool Box for Regional Policy Analysis
This toolbox is designed for use by metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), state departments of transportation (DOTs), and other analysts who wish to assess a range of impacts in regional transportation and/or land use planning. Impacts of interest may include economic development, environmental justice, accessibility, land development, wetland and habitat impacts, and other social and environmental measures associated with transportation investments and land use policies.
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Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse
The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse is designed as a one-stop source of information on transportation and climate change issues. It includes information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, analytic methods and tools, GHG reduction strategies, potential impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure, and approaches for integrating climate change considerations into transportation decision making.
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Transportation Asset Management Today
The Transportation Asset Management Today website is sponsored by the AASHTO Subcommittee on Transportation Asset Management. The website includes general information about transportation asset management, innovations and successes in the field and recent events related to asset management.
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Transportation Modeling
The Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP) is a multi-year, multi-agency program to develop new travel demand modeling procedures that accurately and reliably forecast travel for a broad range of modes, policy actions and operational conditions. This web site was established to assure that practitioners have access to the best transportation planning methods available.
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Transportation Safety Planning
The Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG) is an informal, ad hoc partnership of U.S. DOT agencies (Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and professional associations representing state DOT, safety, traffic engineering and planning communities. The Transportation Research Board convenes and moderates the TSPWG, and hosts the web site. The group focuses on Transportation Safety Planning.
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Transportation Technology Center
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) goals call for increasing the efficiency and productivity of energy use, while limiting the environmental impacts. In support of these goals, Argonne’s Transportation Technology Research and Development Center (TTRDC) brings together scientists and engineers from many disciplines to find cost-effective solutions to the problems of foreign oil dependency and greenhouse gas emissions.
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TRB Committee on Performance Measurement (ABC30)
The TRB committee supports the development and use of performance measurement and performance management across all modes of transportation, public and private, including passenger and freight transportation systems.This committee also promotes the use of performance measurement in all aspects of an organization’s responsibilities to support public accountability and effective systems management. This includes planning, programming, budgeting, program and service delivery, and system operations.
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TRB Performance Measurement Exchange Site
This site allows people with common interests, goals or expertise to share their experiences and knowledge, collaborate on work, identify and exchange best practices and advance the state-of-the-art in their field. This site allows visitors to contribute their thoughts and ideas in an open forum.
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TRB Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning Committee (ADA10)
The mission of the Statewide Multimodal Planning Committee (ADA10) is to advance the state of the practice in statewide multimodal transportation planning to support sound transportation investment decision-making, effective system management and operations and efficient project delivery.
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Trends in Intake of Energy and Macronutrients--United States, 1971-2000
Unhealthy diets and sedentary behaviors are the primary causes of deaths attributable to obesity. Evaluating trends in dietary intake is an important step in understanding the factors that contribute to the increase in obesity. To assess trends in intake of energy, protein, carbohydrate, total fat, and saturated fat during 1971-2000, CDC analyzed and data from four National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.
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U.S. Census Bureau
This website contains all Census 2000 (and forthcoming Census 2010) data.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
The historic mission of the Department is "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce" of the United States. This has evolved, as a result of legislative and administrative additions, to encompass broadly the responsibility to foster, serve, and promote the Nation's economic development and technological advancement.
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U.S. Geological Survey
As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.
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United Stated Department of Interior (DOI)
The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and our commitments to island communities. The DOI goals include resource protection, resource use, recreation, serving communities, and management excellence.
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United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
The mission of the Department of Commerce is to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States. This has evolved, as a result of legislative and administrative additions, to encompass broadly the responsibility to foster, serve, and promote the Nation's economic development and technological advancement.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
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US Conference of Mayors
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more.
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The USDA provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.
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US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.
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US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affars homepage
The United States has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities as provided by the Constitution of the United States, treaties, court decisions and Federal statutes. Within the government-to-government relationship, Indian Affairs provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 564 Federally recognized tribes with a service population of about 1.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives.
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USDA Economic Research Service Briefing Rooms
Each Briefing Room offers an in-depth discussion synthesizing ERS research and the economic issues that frame the analysis. Also included are recent ERS research developments, readings and data, questions and answers, and a collection of other ERS products and services addressing the issue. There is a wealth of valuable information for anyone working in rural and small communities.
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Useful Practices for Coordinated Human Services Transportation
The Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) recognizes that transportation can be the major obstacle for people with disabilities, older adults, children and youth, and other populations that need various social and health services. Interagency partnerships are essential to coordinate travel needs to help increase the quality of life for these populations as well as for agencies to provide their services effectively and efficiently. The CCAM has launched the Useful Practices application to serve as the central information resource on useful strategies to increase efficiency, simplify access, and reduce duplication for social service providers, transportation providers, and service users.
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Visualization
Visualization can provide the public and decision makers a clear idea of the proposed policies, plans and Transportation Improvement Programs and the impacts to the human and natural environment. Visuals can make information instantly or intuitively understandable. The new technology has made it possible to communicate what the proposals may look like when implemented.
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Washington State DOT Performance Measurement Library
WSDOT is not alone in using performance measurement and strategic planning to promote accountability. Almost every state uses strategic planning in one form or another, and all DOTs use performance measurements at various programmatic levels. To help practitioners make effective comparisons of measures and reporting systems, WSDOT maintains a list of 51 state, commonwealth, and federal district transportation authorities and their online performance measurement and strategic planning mechanisms.
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World Bank: Rural Transport Group
Rural Transport encompasses all the transport activities taking place at local government and community levels. It is composed of two elements, the rural transport services for passengers and freight by non-motorized and motorized means of transport, and rural transport infrastructure, mainly rural roads, tracks, trails, paths and footbridges, and in some cases rural waterways. The mission of the Rural Transport group is to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of rural transport investments by harnessing the knowledge of transport professionals and exploiting synergies through strategic networking with related groups’ professionals.
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United States Department of Transportation