It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

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Papers and reports on Urban Transportation Issues from the Brookings Institute

List of organizations and research groups working on Transit-Oriented Development. The site also includes reports and studies from the CTOD.

Following the issuing of the Executive Order to address environmental justice in 1994, it became clear that the U.S. Department of Transportation would hold metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) accountable for how well their transportation plans and programs avoided adverse effects on human health and the environment for minority and low-income populations. MPOs that could not meet this standard would lose federal funds. How should public agencies avoid disproportionate impacts on these populations when siting infrastructure improvements? How should planning efforts incorporate input from disadvantaged populations? This article discusses how the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) in Columbus, Ohio, grappled with these questions, and were eventually commended for their efforts.

This study summarizes the results of a mailed survey and follow-up interviews with municipal and agency representatives from southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey townships, boroughs and counties located adjacent to Philadelphia and/or Camden City. The purpose of the survey was to define and evaluate barriers and opportunities for greater collaboration between the cities of Philadelphia and Camden and their adjacent suburban counties and municipalities. The report illustrates the outreach and coordination process that was used to obtain information about current and future collaborative efforts. The outcome of the survey and interview process provides an inventory of current and future potential inter-governmental and inter-agency collaborative activities. Tables and maps highlight the survey findings and analysis. The complete survey and responses can be found in the Appendices.

by David E. Boyce [and] Vukan R. Vuchic.

The RiP database now contains over 7,800 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by Federal and State Departments of Transportation. University transportation research is also included.

The Census Transportation Planning Package provides great detail about travel patterns down to the census tract level. It is also the only census product that provides information about people based on their place of work, rather than place of residence.

DVRPC provides traffic counts for Philadelphia from 1974-present at over 2,000 locations.

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission section on transportation planning. Includes lots of information about transportation plans and planning in the region.

Bibliographic citations for materials received at the Transportation Library, Northwestern University, since 1976.

TranStats is aimed at providing "one-stop shopping" for US transportation data from the National Transportation Library. 

TRIS Online provides access to almost 450,000 records of published transportation research through a searchable database. Over 470 serial publications are regularly indexed and abstracted for the database. TRIS Online includes material indexed and abstracted by TRB as well as the material entered by the Transportation Libraries at the University of California at Berkeley and Northwestern University.

Download Tables from the CTTP by tract, county, state, etc. The best place for demographics by place of work.