- IBF Urban
Planning, Facilities Design and Policy Page
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Barbara Gruehl Kipke Mobility consultant
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The Bike People On-line
magazine with growing archive of article on practical design topics.
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Bike Plan Source Hard
information to use to make your community a better place for bicycling.
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Center for Livable Communities. Helping
local governments and community leaders be proactive in their land use and
transportation planning, and adopt programs and policies that lead to more
livable and resource-efficient land use patterns.
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CIVITAS A European Commission
supported initiative to help introduce sustainable urban transport strategies.
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Conservation Law
Foundation/Transportation Resource for people working to create more livable
communities by improving transportation. Their work is broad in scope and
typically involves issues of transportation, development, urban livability, and
environmental justice.
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Cycling Digest: Papers and
information about cycling and cycle planning
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Dilemma Of Bicycle Planning
Paper on the topic of bicycle facilities planning.
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Economic Impact of Bicycle Facilities: A Case Study (Outer Banks, NC)
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Environmental Justice Resource Center
Publishes the Transportation Equity Newsletter, which is devoted to race,
disability, and transportation.
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Global Transport Knowledge Partnership
Disseminate sustainable transport knowledge, whilst encouraging greater
participation from the developing world.
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Great Street 1,000 images of
great street designs, and the 'Main Street Profiles' section has 12 main
street success stories.
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How Green Is My Town? Information
for evaluating and improving the environmental-friendliness of your town.
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Moving the Economy
Information on how to apply sustainable transportation principles to help reduce
traffic congestion, facility costs, pollution and other transport problems.
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Narrow Streets Database
Information on traffic calming on residential streets.
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Planning For Bicycling
Quick discussion supporting wide vehicle lanes for shared use.
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Planning For Sustainability American
Planning Association Policy Guide.
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Price of Mobility
A report that attempts to quantify the hidden subsidies that drivers receive.
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Road Peace
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Smart
Growth America A nationwide coalition promoting new development patterns
that protect farmland and open space, revitalize neighborhoods, keeps housing
affordable, and provides more transportation choices.
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Surface Transportation Policy The
resources and contacts you are looking for to become involved in transportation,
community and environmental policy.
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TrafficLinq Directory with links
to sites on ITS, public transport, transportation planning, traffic engineering,
sustainable mobility, congestion pricing, traffic information, parking, traffic
safety, bicycling, commuting, software, organizations and traffic industry.
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Travel Matters Individual emissions
calculator
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Technical
Transportation Land-Use Modeling Tool for transportation and land use
forecasting in urban areas.
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Terrain: A Journal of the Built & Natural
Environments
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Transport Geography on the Web Provides access to transport geography
information, including academic articles, maps, figures, and datatsets.
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Transport Research Laboratory
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Transportation, and the Challenge to
Sprawl Sierra Club resources.
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Transportation, Land Use and Sustainability
Relevant material collected at the University of South Florida
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Transportation Research Board Searchable
archive with hundreds of articles on NMT, mostly engineering.
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Urban Ecology Web Magazine Grow
collection of articles and links on a wide range of issues that affect
development behavior.
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UrbanSim Tool for modeling
urban growth.
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Victoria Transport Policy Institute Offers a
variety of information and tools for quantifying transportation.
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Virtual Library on Urban Environmental
Management
- For information specific to U.S. federal funding
of bicycle facilities see the following:
Surface
Transportation Policy Project
U.S. EPA's Transportation Partners
U.S. Department of
Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration
List of “Best Practices” Web Sites and Programs
(From www.EcoPlan.org)
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ACCESS - Eurocities for a New Mobility Culture
a local authority network aiming to promote a new mobility culture
throughout Europe, in order to combat congestion, improve air quality
http://www.eurocities.org/
fekbritton
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Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-HABITAT)
http://www.bestpractices.org/
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Bremen Initiative Best Practice Resources
http://www.bremen-initiative.de/links/best_practices.html
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ELTIS case study database
European Local Transport Information Service
http://www.eltis.org/case_study.phtml |
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EPOMM - European Platform for Mobility Management
examples of successful Mobility Management, collected from all over Europe
and beyond
http://www.epommweb.org/epomm_examples_all.phtml?sprache=en
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EURONET/ICLEI Consortium
Old but still a reference to consider- 1996
http://www3.iclei.org/egpis/citylist.htm |
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European Database on Good Practice in Urban Management and Sustainability
designed to help local authorities to work towards sustainability by
disseminating good practice and policy, facilitating the exchange of
experience, and raising awareness about how cities and towns can be managed
in more sustainable ways
http://europa.eu.int/comm/urban/ |
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Gateway to International Best Practices and Innovations
EPA National Center for Environmental Innovation
http://www.epa.gov/innovation/international/transportation.htm
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ICLEI Project Summaries - Transport
Also see Planning, Tools and Land Use sections
http://www.iclei.org/
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Model Cities: Urban Best Practices (Volume 1)
Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore and The Institute of Policy
Studies, 263 pages, ISBN 981-04-2446-9
http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/pub_mc99i.htm |
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Model Cities: Urban Best Practices (Volume 2)
Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore and The Institute of Policy
Studies, 258 pages, ISBN 981-04-2447-7
http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/pub_mc99ii.htm |
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SMILE - Sustainable Urban Transport Policies and Initiatives
"170 successful and replicable European practices for sustainable mobility"
http://www.smile-europe.org/frame22.html
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SURBAN - database on sustainable urban development in Europe
Europe, fairllarge
http://www.eaue.de/winuwd/list.htm
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Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities
http://www.partnerships.stockholm.se/ |
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UITP Mobility in Cities Database
http://www.uitp.com/Project/index29.htm |
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USCM Best Practices Database
U.S. Conference of Mayors
http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/best_practices/ |
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WHO Healthy City Network
A source of valuable expertise, legitimacy and continuous learning
http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/
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World Car/Free Days News Alerts
In six languages. Also discussion groups
http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/general/wcfd-news.htm
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World Car/free Days Consortium
Good international coverage
http://worldcarfreeday.com |
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