Civil Engineering: Transportation

An introduction to transportation engineering, and what transportation engineers do.

This alliance provides leadership on transportation, and other issues related to port development and operations. This web site offers publications, resources on the global transportation system, industry statistics, legislative activities, and brief descriptions of AAPA's numerous programs.

AASHTO has information about the major modes of transportation. This site has association activities, conferences, meetings, legislation, standards development, reports and AASHTO documents, and employment opportunities.

The APTA web site presents information on the organization's mission, structure, membership, legislative/advocacy concerns, programs, partnerships, initiatives, publications, products, and services, news, meeting information, career and professional development opportunities, scholarship and award information, and public transportation statistics. It also has links to other transportation-related web portals and resources both in the US and worldwide.

This government agency provides data and analysis in all areas of transportation. This site has numerous datasets and databases, news, popular transportation links, and free access to the full text of the Journal of Transportation and Statistics.

From the Oak Ridge National Laboratory this web site has links to defense transportation, highway safety, intelligent transportation systems, logistics and supply chain management, statistics and data analysis, transportation energy and environmental policy, modeling and simulation, and transportation planning and systems analysis.

CTAA aims to improve mass transit, public transportation, and mobility. Their web site has news, links to relevant transportation and public services sites, legislative information and news, and free access to their magazine, Community Transportation.

This agency's web site provides news, reports, and links to statistics on motor vehicle statistical data, and legislative updates.

ITE provides news, access to an employment center, meeting and conference information, discussion groups, and several directories Technical information pages on the site include traffic calming, trip and parking generation, road safety audits, and standards development.

ITS at UC Davis has programs on travel behavior, advanced environmental vehicle technology, and environmental impacts of transportation. The website has e-news archive, lists of publications.

ITS America provides resources on traffic and transit issues that include documents and reports, news, membership information, a career center, reference works, press releases, directories and conference information.

This association encourages relationships in the international transportation industry. Their web site has news, meeting and conference announcements, employment opportunities, and scholarship information.

NTRC is an alliance that provides an overview of research activities, projects, and facilities; information on how to partner with the Center; and links to the home pages of the member laboratories and research centers.

TRB of the National Academies promotes innovation and progress in transportation. It fulfills its mission through its publications, meetings, and programs. The site also has links to other transportation resources.

This database from the TRB of the National Academies contains information on more than 10300 current or recently completed research projects in transportation.

This database from the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation provides access to more than 100 transportation databases. The site also features data profiles on each database, and interactive mapping and analytical tools.

The DOT home page is a gateway to its programs in air, rail, highway, marine, and intermodal transportation and transportation statistics, research, and safety, adjudication, regulations, and rulemaking, administrative functions, careers, and education in transportation-related fields. There are also links to transportation and other government web pages.

The UMTRI web site describes their several major areas of research. This web site also offers employment listings, and news, and popular links.