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TRANSPORTATION by Stephanie Jensen |
1. Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
For people-centered transportation policy and investment updates. Non-profit coalition supports initiatives to "help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the economy, promote social equity, and make community more livable.' Currently focusing on federal transportation policy--especially The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, ISTEA.
2. CALSTART
California consortium of alternative-fuel vehicle developers offers a Website with up-to-the-minute information on everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about clean vehicles: electric cars offered by small and large manufacturers (including cool promo photos); maps and lists of recharging station sites; alternative vehicle incentive programs that can save consumers thousands of dollars, nature gas, natural gas vehicles information, and more.
3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Within this mega-site you can surf vehicle fuel-economy ratings, air quality policy updates (and impacts on vehicle emissions standards), and so much more. Caveat: it's easy to get lost.
4. Institute for Transportation Studies at U.C. Irvine.
Great site to learn more about policies that can reduce demand for--and impact of--motor vehicle travel, including: fuel taxes, vehicle fees/subsidies; clean fuel vehicle mandates; emissions fees.
5. Union of Concerned Scientists, Transportation Program
(Up in early May. Newly enhanced and quickly growing site offering information from an environmental/public interest perspective on the impacts of motor vehicles and oil dependence; policies that can reflect the true costs of transportation; and "greener" advanced vehicle technologies and alternative fuels.
Also see...Institute for Transportation Studies at U.C. Davis.
Stephanie Jensen works for the transportation program at the California office of the Union of Concerned Scientists.