Resource List

"Rethinking the Urban Speedway," (For decades, highway engineers focused on designing wider, straighter, faster roads. Now, moving traffic quickly is no longer the sole goal), Governing Magazine, October 2005. http://livablestreets.info/files/governing_oct2005_engineeringspeed.pdf

Cambridge's Traffic Calming Program: Pedestrians are the Focus; Katherine F. Watkins, P.E.
http://www.ite.org/traffic/documents/AB00H3702.pdf

Disappearing Traffic? The Story So Far
http://www.contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/reading/disappearing-traffic/

"A lot can happen between the lines: Completing NYC streets," Transportation Alternatives Magazine, Fall 2007. http://www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/magazine/2007/fall/10-13.pdf

"Building a Better Bike Lane," (Bike-friendly cities in Europe are launching a new attack on car culture. Can the U.S. catch up?) by Nancy Keates, The Wall Street Journal, May 4 2007.
http://livablestreets.info/files/wsj_4may07_bikes.pdf

"The Congestion Problem," by Regina McElroy and Rich Taylor. ROADS Magazine, Jule/August 2007. http://livablestreets.info/files/july2007_roads_mcelroy.pdf

"Towards a new culture for urban mobility", EU Green Paper, September 2007.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2007:0551:FIN:EN:PDF

ROADS MAGAZINE, November/December 2006, Cambridge Plans A Livable Community, by Jeff Parenti http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/06nov/03.htm

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A. Technologies

Alternative fuel
Hydrogen/Fuel Cells
Electric car history
Modern electric cars
Biofuels overview
Biofuels in the UK
Biodiesel
Biodiesel

Alternative automobile
Hybrids fuel economy
The new mini SMART car
Low-emission diesel trucks
Future of diesel cars

State-of-the-art transit systems
Self-operating trains, Copenhagen example
Bus Rapid Transit
National Bus Rapid Transit Website
Bus Rapid Transit, Curitiba example
Bus Rapid Transit, Bogota example
Electronic fare collection, Hong Kong example

Advanced roadways
Electronic toll collection, like "FastLane"
Adaptive vehicle cruise control
Smart cars and automated highways
Congestion charging, London example
London congestion charging article
Congestion charging in New York
Market-based tolling
Bicycle detection