Acronyms
Airports
Associations
Bicycle
Bus Service
Education
Environmental
Government - Federal
Government – Minnesota State
Government – Other States
Intelligent Transportation Systems
International Transportation Links
Light Rail
Media
Pedestrian Information
Publications
Railroad
Research
Safety
Seaway and Port Information
Services
Snowmobile and Recreational Motor Vehicle Information
Software
Statistical Data
Transit
Transit Associations/Organizations
Traveler Information
Trucking and Freight Information/Associations
Weather
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Acronyms

Transportation Research Group Acronym Directory

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~trgwww

Airports/Aviation Information

Airline Information
http://www.mspairport.com/Airline_Information/Airline_Information.asp

Aviation Education and Kids Activities
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/index.html

Aviation Safety – FAA
http://www.bts.gov/ntda/sdfaa

Lindbergh Terminal (MSP International Airport)
Hubert H. Humphrey Terminal
Twin Cities Reliever Airports
http://www.mspairport.com/Metropolitan_Airports_Commission/Metropolitan_Airports_Commission.asp

FAA Flight Regulations
http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/fars/far_idx.htm

Greater Minnesota Airport System and Schedule Information
http://www.flymn.org

More Aviation Links
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/mdotlinks.html

Associations/Organizations

Advanced Transit Association
http://www.advancedtransit.org

Airport Council International
http://ecolu-info.unige.ch/geneva-intl/html/068.html

Aggregate Resources Task Force
http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/aggregate.resources

American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
http://www.transportation.org/

American Concrete Pavement Association
http://www.pavement.com

American Society of Civil Engineers
http://www.asce.org

American Society of Highway Engineers
http://www.highwayengineers.org

Associated General Contractors of America
http://www.agc.org/scripts/home.asp

Association of Airport Executives
http://www.airportnet.org

Bicycle Federation of America
http://www.bikefed.org

Community Transportation Association
http://www.ctaa.org

Consulting Engineers Council of Minnesota
http://www.cecm.org/

High Speed Ground Transport Association
http://www.hsgt.org

Minnesota County Engineer’s Association
http://www.mcea.gen.mn.us

The Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
http://www.mngislis.org/

Minnesota League of Cities
http://www.lmnc.org/cities/citydirectory.cfm

Public Transportation Association
http://www.apta.com

Transportation Research Board – National Academy of Sciences
http://nationalacademies.org/trb

More Association Links
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/homepage.nsf/web/other

Bicycle

Cyber Cyclery
http://cycling.org

Mn/DOT Bicycle Information Links
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/sti/biking.html

State Trail Maps
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/trails_and_waterways/state_trails/maps/index.html

Twin Cities Bicycle Club
http://www.BikeTCBC.org

Bus Service

Metro

Metro Transit
http://www.metrotransit.org

Anoka County Traveler
http://www.co.anoka.mn.us/departments/transportation

BE LINE (Bloomington)
http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/commserv/humserv/transpor/transpor.htm#beline

Bloomington Bus Service
http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/commserv/humserv/transpor/transpor.htm#humanser

Maple Grove Transportation
http://www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us/transit/businfo.htm

Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
( Serving Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Prior Lake, Savage)
http://www.mvta.com

Plymouth Metrolink (City of Plymounth)
http://www.ci.plymouth.mn.us/city_services/public_transit/public_transit_index.html

Southwest Metro Transit Commission
(Serving Chanhassen, Chaska and Eden Prairie)
http://www.swtransit.org

Greater Minnesota

Duluth Transit Authority
http://www.duluthtransit.com

Grand Forks City Bus
http://www.grandforksgov.com/bus

Mankato Heartland Express
http://www.ci.mankato.mn.us/trans/bus/index.phtml

Rochester City Line
http://www.rochestermn.com/misc/bus

Regional/National Bus Service

Greyhound Lines, Inc./Jefferson Lines
http://www.greyhound.com

Utopia Motorcoach Tours
http://www.greyhound.com

Shubat Transportation, Tour and Charter
(Serving Northern Minnesota)
http://www.shubat.com

Education

Federal Transportation Education Programs
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/index.htm

Minnesota Department of Transportation SEEDS Program
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/owed/seeds/

Environmental Links

Bridges – Locate Minnesota Environmental Information
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/gateway.html

Environment and Transportation – EcoIQ
http://www.ecoiq.com/transportation

Minnesota Technical Assistance Program – Hazardous Waste Disposal and Cleanup
http://www.mntap.umn.edu

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance's NextStep Sustainability Web Site
http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/

Government - Federal

Federal Highway Administration Home Page
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/

Federal Railroad Administration
http://www.fra.dot.gov/site/index.htm

National Transportation and Highway Related Web Sites
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webtrans.htm

Official State Transportation Department Web Sites
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webstate.htm

State Transportation Links
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/directory.nsf/web/state_sponsors

Transportation Equity Act for the 21^st Century (TEA-21) Minnesota Listening Session
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/minnsum.htm

TEA-21 Complete Index
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/index.htm

United States Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov

United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov

Unites States Senate
http://www.senate.gov

Government – Minnesota State

Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying,
Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design
http://www.aelslagid.state.mn.us/

Metropolitan Council
http://www.metrocouncil.org

Minnesota House of Representatives
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us

Minnesota Senate
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us

Northstar – Comprehensive Menu of Minnesota Government Branches,
Agencies, Offices and other Publicly Supported Institutions
http://www.state.mn.us/govtoffice

Government – Other States

Official State Transportation Department Web Sites
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webstate.htm

State Transportation Links
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/directory.nsf/web/state_sponsors

State Transportation Links
http://www.state.in.us/dot/otherstatedot.html

State Transportation Links
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/othrtran/statemp.htm

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Federal Highway Administration Intelligent Transport Systems
http://www.its.dot.gov

Intelligent Transportation Society of America
http://www.itsa.org

ITS Cooperative Deployment Network
http://www.nawgits.com/icdn.html

Minnesota Guidestar
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/guidestar

International Transportation Links

Academic
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/homepage.nsf/web/academic

Government
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/homepage.nsf/web/government

Light Rail

Light Rail – North American Systems
http://www.lightrail.net

Minnesota Light Rail
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/LRT/

Media

Minnesota Television, Print and Radio Links
http://www.deckernet.com/minn/mnmedia.htm

Pedestrian Information

Pedestrian Advocacy Organization
http://www.pedestrians.org

Minnesota Crosswalk Law and Crosswalk Safety
http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/crosswalk

Minnesota Pedestrian Laws
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/sti/pedlaw.html

State Trail Maps
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/trails_and_waterways/state_trails/maps/index.html

Publications

AASHTO Journal
http://www.aashto.org/journal/a_j.html

Air Transport World
http://www.atwonline.com

American Society of Civil Engineers
http://www.pubs.asce.org

American Trucker
http://www.trucker.com

CARGOWEB
http://www.cargoweb.nl/asp/default.asp

Civil Engineering Journals on the Internet – Index
http://www.v-biblioteket.lth.se/tidskr-www.htm

EcoIQ Magazine
http://www.ecoiq.com/transportation/magazine/index.html

Environmental Protection Agency Transportation and Research Publications
http://www.epa.gov/oppetptr/rap.htm

ITS International
http://www.itsinternational.com

Journal of Transportation and Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/jts

School Transportation News
http://www.stnonline.com/stn/index.htm

Transport News
http://www.transportnews.com

More publication links
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/homepage.nsf/web/publications

Railroad

Amtrak
http://www.amtrak.com/

Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority
http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/wrramtgs.html

Mn/DOT Office of Freight, Rail and Waterways – Rail
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/

Operation Lifesaver
http://www.oli.org/

Research

Aggregate Research Industries
http://www.aggregateresearch.com/

Center for Intelligent Transport Systems – Penn State University
http://www.rmrc.unh.edu

Center for Transportation Research – University of Texas at Austin
http://www.rmrc.unh.edu

Center for Urban Transportation Research – University of South Florida
http://www.cutr.eng.usf.edu

Congestion Pricing – Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs
http://www.HHH.umn.edu/centers/slp/conpric/conpric.htm

Infrastructure Technology Institute – Northwestern University
http://www.library.nwu.edu/transportation/tlinter.html

Institute for Transportation Research and Education – No. Carolina State University
http://www.library.nwu.edu/transportation/tlinter.html

Minnesota Local Road Research Board
http://www.lrrb.gen.mn.us

Minnesota Road Research Project
http://mnroad.dot.state.mn.us

Minnesota Department of Transportation Research Services
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/research/

National Transportation Policy Studies
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/hptshmpg.htm

Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways – UC- Berkeley
http://www-path.eecs.berkeley.edu

Recycled Materials Resource Center – University of New Hampshire
http://www.rmrc.unh.edu

Surface Transportation Policy Project
http://www.transact.org

Texas Transportation Institute – Texas A & M University
http://tti.tamu.edu

Transportation Centre – University of Saskatchewan
http://www.engr.usask.ca/tc

Transportation Engineering – Virginia Tech
http://tti.tamu.edu

Transportation Library – Northwestern University
http://www.library.nwu.edu/transportation/tlinter.html

Transportation Research Center – University of Florida
http://www-t2.ce.ufl.edu/index.htm

Transportation Research Information Service
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/tris.nsf

University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
http://www1.umn.edu/cts/research/index.html

Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – North Dakota State University
http://www.ugpti.org/

Safety

Airbag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign
http://www.nsc.org/airbag.htm

America Brakes for Safety – Education Alliance
http://www.abs-education.org

Auto Safety Hotline
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
http://www.cvsa.org

Federal Safety Research Program
http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/safety.htm

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/Highway Loss Data Institute
http://www.iihs.org

Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ihsdm/index.htm

Minnesota Safety Council
http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/ontheroadway/index.htm

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) – Minnesota
http://www.mtn.org/maddmn

National Crash Analysis Center
http://www.ncac.gwu.edu

National Highway Safety Home Page
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org

Railway Safety – Operation Lifesaver
http://www.oli.org

Recalls/Product Safety Information
http://www.safekids.org

Seat Belt Law – Minnesota
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us:81/SEARCH/BASIS/mnstat/public/www/DDD/169.686/169686

Seaway and Port Information

Historic Shipwrecks – Lake Superior and Inland Waters
http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/index.html

Port Authority of Duluth
http://www.duluthport.com

United States Corps of Engineers Navigation Information
http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/navdata/nic.htm

Services

Metro Transit Bus Route Schedule
http://www.metrocouncil.org/transit/rtindex.asp

Metro Mobility Information
http://www.metrocouncil.org/transit/metromob.htm

Driver’s License Exam Sites, Vehicle Registration and Related Information
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs

Dial-A-Ride
http://www.metrocouncil.org/transit/dialarid.htm

Commuter Information and Services
http://www.metrocouncil.org/commuter/index.asp

Multimodal Commuter Transportation Alternatives
http://www.bbop.org

Snowmobile and Recreational Motor Vehicle Information

Off Road Vehicle Regulations and Maps
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/trails_and_waterways/ohv/index.html

State Snowmobile Regulations and Trail Maps
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/trails_and_waterways/snowmobiles.html

Software

McTRANS – University of Florida
http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu

PC’s in Transportation (PC-TRANS) – University of Kansas
http://kuhub.cc.ukans.edu/~pctrans/software.html

More Transportation Software Links
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/homepage.nsf/web/software

Statistical Data

American Travel Survey
http://www.bts.gov/programs/ats

Bureau of Transportation Statistics – USDOT
http://www.bts.gov/programs/ats

Commodity Flow Survey
http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (National Transportation Safety Administration)
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/fars/fars.cfm

Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics 1998
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hs98/hs98page.htm

Geographic Information Services – GIS
http://www.bts.gov/gis/ntatlas

Highway Statistics – Federal Highway Administration
http://www.bts.gov/ntda/fhwa

Minnesota Geographic Data and Land Use Information
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us

Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/nptspage.htm

National Transportation Data Archive
http://www.bts.gov/ntda

Texas Transportation Institute Urban Mobility Study: Minneapolis/St. Paul
http://mobility.tamu.edu/study/cities/minneapolis.stm

Traffic Congestion Research Report – The Road Information Program
http://www.tripnet.org/research.htm

Transportation Research Information Service
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/tris.nsf

Transit Information

Index of U.S. Bus Services by City
http://www.apta.com/sites/transus/bus.htm

International Transit Systems
http://www.apta.com/sites/transint/transint.htm

International Transit Information
http://www.apta.com/intnatl

Metro Commuter Services
http://www.metrocommuterservices.org/

Transit Associations/Organizations

American Public Transportation Association
http://www.apta.com

Traveler Information

American Automobile Association (AAA)
http://www.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ZipCode

KBEM Traffic Radio
http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/kbem/

Highway Route Markers (Road Signs)
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/signs/

Maps and Driving Directions - MapBlast
http://www.mapblast.com/myblast/index.mb

Maps and Driving Directions – Rand McNally
http://www.randmcnally.com

Maps and Manuals – Minnesota Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mapsales/

National Scenic Byway Information
http://www.byways.org

National Traffic and Road Closure Information
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/index.htm

Real Time Flight Tracking
http://www.trip.com/ft/home/0,2096,1-1,00.shtml

Real Time Road Traffic Information – Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/news/traffic/cgi

Real Time Road Traffic Information - SmarTraveler
http://www.smartraveler.com/scripts/minmap.asp?city=min&cityname=Twin_Cities

Real Time Traffic Information – TrafficStation
http://www.trafficstation.com

Rest Area Map – Minnesota
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/information/restareas.html

Speed Limit Information – Minnesota
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/speed/

Tourism Information - Minnesota
http://www.exploreminnesota.com

Twin Cities Express Traffic Information
http://www.twincitiesexpress.com/

Twin Cities Road Construction Map
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/construction/

Trucking and Freight Information/Associations

American Trucking Association
http://www.trucking.org

Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)
http://www.jhuapl.edu/cvisn

Freight Transportation Profiles
http://www.bts.gov/ntda/sftp

Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/

Minnesota Shippers Index
http://shippers.truckstop.com/ViewShipper.asp?POS=0&SS=MN

Minnesota Transport Services Association
http://www.mtsa.org

Minnesota Trucking Association
http://www.mntruck.org

National Office of Freight Management (Federal Highway Administration)
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/

National Trucking Association Links
http://209.51.193.25/trucking/organizations.html

Weather

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – Current Conditions & Fire Danger
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/current_conditions

Local and Regional Weather Information
http://www.deckernet.com/minn/mnweathr.htm

National Weather Service
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/iwdspg1.html

Satellite Images, Climate Data and related information
http://www.rwic.und.edu/Weather

The Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com

Miscellaneous

Doing Business with the State of Minnesota – Materials Management
http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us

Historic Bridges
http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/bridges.html

Minnesota Transportation Museum
http://www.mtmuseum.org

Minnesota License Plates
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/4412/mn.html

Other License Plates
http://www.execpc.com/~rflm/

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