Sprawl & Transportation - Resources & Links

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Futurewise

Futurewise promotes healthy communities in Washington state while protecting farmland, forests and shorelines. Its strategies include organizing, advocacy, public education, legal pursuits, and technical support for planning agencies and others. http://www.futurewise.org

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Idaho Smart Growth

Idaho Smart Growth is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Idahoans about the consequences of current development patterns and the alternatives to those patterns. http://www.idahosmartgrowth.org

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Metro Council

Metro protects open space and parks, plans for land use and transportation, and manages garbage disposal and recycling for 1.3 million residents in three counties and 25 cities in the Portland, Oregon, region. http://www.metro-region.org

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Puget Sound Regional Council

The Puget Sound Regional Council coordinates regional transportation, economic and growth planning for the central Puget Sound region of Washington state. http://www.psrc.org

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Smart Growth BC

Smart Growth BC is a provincial non-governmental advocacy organization devoted to fiscally, socially and environmentally responsible land use and development. http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca

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Transportation Choices Coalition

Transportation Choices Coalition seeks to bring Washingtonians more and better transportation choices--real opportunities to take a bus, take a train, ride a bike, or walk--as well as drive alone. http://www.transportationchoices.org

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Commute Seattle

Commute Seattle is an initiative of the Downtown Transportation Alliance (Downtown Seattle Association, King County Metro and the City of Seattle), a partnership formed to increase access to, through, and from the Center City. http://www.commuteseattle.com/

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UW Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Program

This UW research program focuses on the application of computer and communications technologies to solving transportation problems. http://www.ivhs.washington.edu

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Victoria Transport Policy Institute

VTPI is an independent research organization focused on developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. Its website has a range of free resources available to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis. http://www.vtpi.org

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Washington State Transportation Center

The Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC) is a cooperative transportation research agency supported by the University of Washington, Washington State University, and the Washington State Department of Transportation." http://depts.washington.edu/trac

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Sightline Daily news: Transportation

Sightline Daily is an online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's transportation headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

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Sightline Daily news: Sprawl

Sightline Daily is an online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's sprawl headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

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Bureau of Transportation Statistics TranStats

TranStats is a website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing "one stop shopping" for transportation data. http://www.transtats.bts.gov

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Cyburbia

Cyburbia, one of the oldest portal sites for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment, contains a selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning and urbanism. http://www.cyburbia.org

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Online TDM Encyclopedia

Produced by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about innovative management solutions to transportation problems. http://www.vtpi.org/tdm