Civic - Services - Transport - The United States of America
the USA offers a variety of transit options
- Walking: Walkable Communities; organization helping communities become more friendly to human beings walking. Presents walkability as a key for overall urban health--economic, environmental, and cultural--so that decision makers can see walkability not as a cost but as a catalyst for vibrant cities
- Bicycle/Ped: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center; information site for pedestrian and bicycle health, safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility information
- Bikes: People for Bikes
- Car Free: Car-free lifestyle; some US cities have good walkability and transit systems; in some places, you could easily live without a car
- Public Transit: information from American Public Transportation Association; serves to strengthen and expand public transportation; includes Transit Systems directory where you can connect to Web sites of local transit options
- Car Sharing: Avoid owning a car; be car-free as much as possible, but keep the idea that you can rent or borrow a car only when you need it--for a big project or trip to far-out areas, for example
- Airports AirNav: AirNav; database of information on US airports, from a pilot's perspective; provided by AirNav.com
- Airports GlobalAir: database of airports; aviation information; from GlobalAir
- Google Transit: Get a map and transit schedule for selected systems; uses google maps to show origin and destination and transit options for selected transit systems in the USA and world
- Seaports: Seaports of the Americas; subscription-only
- Railroads: Association of American Railroads; organization of major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak
- Trucking: American Trucking Association; information portal for the trucking industry
- DOT.gov: US Department of Transportation; works to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets US vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people
- State Transportation: Sites of US State Transportation
- AllTransit: transit connectivity, access, and frequency data
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