SMART MOVE - Backgrounds

Below please find some additional material to the background of this year´s challenge topic and to get into the topic "Smart Move".

Glossary - explaining different terms related to "Smart Move"

Useful links

Careers, Professional Organizations, and Research Organizations

Official Kids’ Portal to the US Government: Careers   
www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.shtml

American Society of Civil Engineers
www.asce.org/asce.cfm

University of Michigan SMART
SMART undertakes research, demonstration projects, education, and global learning exchange on a range of issues related to the future of transportation in city regions around the world.
http://um-smart.org

Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
www.itdp.org/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development Mobility Project
www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=ODE&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu

Transportation for America
http://t4america.org/

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Regional Planning, Sustainable Growth and Specific Examples

Great information about factors considered in regional planning
www.contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/reading/dots_release_smart_transportation_guidebook

Information about trends toward sprawl and urban clusters
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/transportation.html

The New Mobility Agenda
www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm

Reconnecting America
www.reconnectingamerica.org

Inspire Mobility blog
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How the city of Boston uses various modes of transportation
www.cityofboston.gov/transportation/modes.asp

Multi-modal transport hub at the Hong Kong International Airport
www.hongkongairport.com/eng/media/photo-gallery/multi-modal-transportation-hub.htm

Civitas - European cities
www.civitas-initiative.org/main.phtml?lan=en

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Forms of Transportation

Rails West -studies the current status and history of U.S. railways
www.railswest.com/railtoday.html

Information about sustainable transportation
www.asce.org/asce.cfm

non-profit organized to increase the awareness and availability of clean technology in the transportation sector across the US. Site has a lot of information about hybrids and other alternative vehicles.
www.smarttransportation.org/

Article about Smart Bikes and bike sharing programs
www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/pdf/JPT%207-2%20DeMaio.pdf

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Specific Technologies

How Stuff Works: Maglev Trains
www.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm

GPS - An explanation of GPS from NASA
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/gps1.htm

How Stuff Works: GPS
www.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm

Garmin - Specific Garmin GPS devices
www8.garmin.com/solutions/

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