Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA

Primary North American transit industry trade association.

Information on some (not all) current MTA planning studies and capital projects as listed on the MTA website.

By far, the best resource on the net for subway buffs interested in learning about the NYC subway system, as well as several other North American subway systems. Hundreds of photos, and significant historical information.

TRB is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council - a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academies in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. Those services include:

• Opportunities for information exchange on current transportation research and practice,
• Management of cooperative research and other research programs,
• Analyses of national transportation policy issues and guidance on federal and other research programs, and
• Publications and access to research information from around the world.

The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a national leader in the research and development of innovative transportation policy. The Center specializes in identifying and exploring transportation linkages to other public policy areas, such as economic development, land use, political governance, finance and social policy. Areas of expertise include transit-oriented development and ped/bike issues.