Civic - Services - Transport - The United States of America
the USA offers a variety of transit options
- Airports: AirNav; database of information on US airports, from a pilot's perspective; provided by AirNav.com
- GroundNet: Airport ground transportation; use this directory for find shuttle, car, and van services to take you to and from selected airports
- Bicycle/Ped: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center; information site for pedestrian and bicycle health, safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility information
- Bus Junction: bus ticket search engine; gathers schedules and fares from bus carrier websites
- Bus Station: Bus, coach, tram, trolley and transit related links all over the world; directory with links to official and unofficial information pages about transit worldwide
- DOT.gov: US Department of Transportation; works to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets US vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people
- Public Transit: information from American Public Transportation Association; serves to strengthen and expand public transportation; includes Transit Systems directory where you can connect to Web sites of local transit options
- Seaports: Seaports of the Americas; subscription-only
- Railroads: Association of American Railroads; organization of major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak
- Trucking: American Trucking Association; information portal for the trucking industry
- Walking: Walkable Communities; organization helping communities become more friendly to human beings walking. Presents walkability as a key for overall urban health--economic, environmental, and cultural--so that decision makers can see walkability not as a cost but as a catalyst for vibrant cities
- CarSharing: Use a car when you need it as opposed to owning it; includes directory of car sharing all over the world
- SmartBike: bicycle rental system; SmartBikes stations are located throughout a city to allow users access to a bicycle when you they it; a good alternative to owning a bicycle, as you pay exactly for what you use when you need it
- Zipcar: short-term car rental system; registered users can rent a car easily by the hour or day and pick up and return the vehicles at stations throughout a metro area; users pay for what they use, and be car free otherwise
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