| Websites in Transportation |
- 1998 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference
Four tracks of parallel sessions, transport technology exhibit, optional professional workshops. Held at Pennsylvania State University, 11-13 December 2002.
 http://app.outreach.psu.edu/PTI/
- AWAKE
Pipeline project for a system to assess driver vigilance and give off a warning, if need be. Lists consortium members and purpose of the project. Based in Europe.
http://www.awake-eu.org/
- Advanced Transit Association
ATRA promotes developing technologies such as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), identifies problems and ways advanced systems can help solve them. Descriptions, studies (download, paper), videos, PRT Model Project, calendar, links.
http://www.advancedtransit.org/
- Alexander Communications Group, Inc.
Offers several newsletters on emerging energy and transportation technology, including intelligent transportation systems (ITS), alternative vehicles, and fuel cell research and development. Some free content.
http://www.sanewsletters.com/
- American Society of Highway Engineers
Resources and news for highway engineers.
http://www.highwayengineers.org/
- C2C: Project Coast 2 Coast
Goal: build a small fleet of tricycle motorcycle/car vehicles, to drive from L.A. to N.Y., coast-to-coast, on one tank of gasoline each, nonstop except to change drivers. Purpose: to demonstrate efficient vehicles.
http://www.C2Cproject.com/
- Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit: CPRT
Non-profit, grassroots, volunteer organization, begun in Minneapolis, MN. Goals: provide information on PRT features and benefits; promote PRT as effective option to meet transport needs. News, calendar, resources, links.
http://www.cprt.org/
- Future Transportation
Small enthusiast site, with maglev trains, solar sails, transport history. Brief descriptions, diagrams, photographs.
http://www.geocities.com/nastywik/
- Hydro Lance Corp.
High Aspect Ratio Twin Hull (H.A.R.T.H.): new, innovative marine ocean ship platform architecture with passive designed, high stability and safety, low fuel use, achieves high speeds in high seas: 50-75 knots.
http://www.HydroLance.net/
- I.N.S.E.A.N.
Description of research facilities and programs. Includes publications.
http://rios4.insean.it
- Innovative Transportation Technologies
By Jerry Schneider. Classified descriptions, diagrams, over 40 transport technologies: planned, operating; electric and not; manual, automated; 1-/2-mode; freight/people movers (PRT); top mount, suspended; mono-/bi-rails, automated highways; fora, conference reports.
http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/
- Planning Rural Roads
Designed to help planners and managers of rural roads networks in developing countries. Covers topics such as selection, design, funding, and maintenance.
http://www.ruralroads.org/
- Poma Otis
Supplies and installs automated people movers. Includes products, specifications, and existing systems.
http://www.poma-otis.com/
- Predit
French national program in land transport research and innovation. Information about strategic program efforts to improve performance relative to energy, noise, pollution and environment.
http://www.predit.prd.fr/
- The ADVISORS project
Action for advanced Driver assistance and Vehicle control systems Implementation, Standardisation, Optimum use of the Road network and Safety. Includes project description and reports, a virtual driving lab, and related links.
http://www.advisors.iao.fhg.de/
- The National Transportation Library
Provides online access to documents and databases covering all aspects of transportation in the U.S. Material is contributed by public and private organizations around the country and access is free.
http://ntl.bts.gov/
- The Transport Pages
Image galleries about railways, road transport, trams, road steam, heritage transport, steam locomotives, and buses.
http://www.thetransportpages.org
- Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
Searchable database of articles produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences.
http://199.79.179.82/sundev/search.cfm
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