Transportation

This guide contains a compilation of vehicle and traffic laws that affect pedestrian or bicycle safety.

Conventional transportation planning tends to overlook negative health impacts from increased motor vehicle travel and potential health benefits from shifts to alternative modes. The author explores how transportation decision-making can better support public health objectives, including reduced crashes and pollution emissions, and more physical activity.

Smart Growth America is a nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow: one that protects open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, and provides more transportation choices.

The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. The institute provides a variety of free resources to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis.

A checklist to help walking advocates figure out just how walkable their community is and to identify what needs fixing.

This comprehensive toolkit has been designed to assist citizens in initiating, customizing and implementing a Safe Routes to School program. It discusses the 4E's model of Encouragement, Education, Engineering and Enforcement.

This image library is a searchable collection of over 2,500 categorized images. Categories include:

PLANetizen is a public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. It provides a daily, one-stop source for urban planning news, job opportunities, commentary and events.

The American Planning Association brings together thousands of people - practicing planners, citizens, elected officials - committed to making great communities happen. APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society.