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	Home: Technology: Transportation CATEGORIES:   History (0)   Institutes (11)   Intelligent Systems (9)   Monorails (29)   Organizations (3)   Railroad (3)   Traffic Calming (6)   Tube-Based (22) LINKS: American Society of Highway Engineers http://www.highwayengineers.org/ Resources and news for highway engineers. Hydro Lance Corp. http://www.HydroLance.net/ High Aspect Ratio Twin Hull (H.A.R.T.H.): new, innovative marine ocean ship platform architecture with passive designed, high stability and safety, low fuel use, achieves high speeds in high seas: 50-75 knots. Predit http://www.predit.prd.fr/ French national program in land transport research and innovation. Information about strategic program efforts to improve performance relative to energy, noise, pollution and environment. The National Transportation Library http://ntl.bts.gov/ Provides online access to documents and databases covering all aspects of transportation in the U.S. Material is contributed by public and private organizations around the country and access is free. AWAKE http://www.awake-eu.org/ Pipeline project for a system to assess driver vigilance and give off a warning, if need be. Lists consortium members and purpose of the project. Based in Europe. The ADVISORS project http://www.advisors.iao.fhg.de/ Action for advanced Driver assistance and Vehicle control systems Implementation, Standardisation, Optimum use of the Road network and Safety. Includes project description and reports, a virtual driving lab, and related links. Poma Otis http://www.poma-otis.com/ Supplies and installs automated people movers. Includes products, specifications, and existing systems. Alexander Communications Group, Inc. http://www.sanewsletters.com/ Offers several newsletters on emerging energy and transportation technology, including intelligent transportation systems (ITS), alternative vehicles, and fuel cell research and development. Some free content. The Transport Pages http://www.thetransportpages.org Image galleries about railways, road transport, trams, road steam, heritage transport, steam locomotives, and buses. Innovative Transportation Technologies http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/ By Jerry Schneider. Classified descriptions, diagrams, over 40 transport technologies: planned, operating; electric and not; manual, automated; 1-/2-mode; freight/people movers (PRT); top mount, suspended; mono-/bi-rails, automated highways; fora, conference reports. Future Transportation http://www.geocities.com/nastywik/ Small enthusiast site, with maglev trains, solar sails, transport history. Brief descriptions, diagrams, photographs. 1998 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference http://app.outreach.psu.edu/PTI/ Four tracks of parallel sessions, transport technology exhibit, optional professional workshops. Held at Pennsylvania State University, 11-13 December 2002. Advanced Transit Association http://www.advancedtransit.org/ ATRA promotes developing technologies such as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), identifies problems and ways advanced systems can help solve them. Descriptions, studies (download, paper), videos, PRT Model Project, calendar, links. Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit: CPRT http://www.cprt.org/ Non-profit, grassroots, volunteer organization, begun in Minneapolis, MN. Goals: provide information on PRT features and benefits; promote PRT as effective option to meet transport needs. News, calendar, resources, links. I.N.S.E.A.N. http://rios4.insean.it Description of research facilities and programs. Includes publications. Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) http://199.79.179.82/sundev/search.cfm Searchable database of articles produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences. Planning Rural Roads http://www.ruralroads.org/ Designed to help planners and managers of rural roads networks in developing countries. Covers topics such as selection, design, funding, and maintenance.

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