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AGENCIES
AIRPLANES
AUTOMOBILES, BUSES & TRUCKS
STATISTICS
TRAINS
AGENCIES
FAMPO http://www.fampo.state.va.us
The Fredericksburg
Area Metropolitan Planning Organization works on local transportation issues.
RADCO
http://www.radco.state.va.us
The Rappahannock Area Development Commisssion has information
about rideshare programs and telecommuting.
VDOT http://virginiadot.org/default_myvdot.asp
The Virginia Department
of Transportation site.
AIRPLANES
Airplane Photos
http://www.janes.com
Jane's Information Group has articles on the aerospace
industry and transportation around the world, plus photos of many aircraft
and ships. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library's reference
section has Jane's books, which have specs for aircraft and ships.
Airport Web Sites http://www.airporthub.com
Has links to airports around the world.
Aviation Accident Database http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp
The National Transportation Safety Board Accident Database contains information from 1962 onwards.
Aviation Factbook http://www.nbaa.org/factbook
The National Business Aviation Association site has such statistics as the number of business planes and the types of aircraft flown.
Aviation Links http://www.risingup.com
This site has plane specs, an aviation medical examiner database, and many links.
Aviation Stats
http://www.faa.gov
The FAA site provides statistics on commercial airlines
and aviation accidents.
Flight Schools http://www.avhome.com/fschools.html
Flight schools around the country.
AUTOMOBILES, BUSES & TRUCKS
FARS Database
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa
With the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, you can search for fatal automobile accidents by street name, speed, type
of car, how long it took EMS personnel to arrive, whether or not alcohol
was involved and much more. Goes back to 1994.
National Highway Transportation
Safety Commission http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
This site includes data on traffic fatalities, recalls,
child safety seats, crash test ratings and more.
Truck
& Bus Crash Profiles http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/CrashProfile/CrashProfileMainNew.asp
Summarized statistics for large
truck and bus crashes.
Truck & Bus Databases
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's databases.
STATISTICS
Commuting Facts http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/journey.html
Scroll through this Census page for Virginians’ commute times and methods in 1980, 1990 and 2000.
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics http://www.bts.gov
Find data on boating, highways and aviation with the
BTS site.
National Transportation
Safety Board http://www.ntsb.gov
Look here for numbers about aviation, boating, railroads
and highways. They also cover hazardous materials and pipeline
safety.
Transportation
Stats Mega-Site http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/sttrans.html
The Univ. of Michigan has a terrific collection of statistics
for almost every mode of transport, including crashes, ridership and number
of vehicles.
TranStats http://www.transtats.bts.gov
TranStats is a collection of government databases covering safety, the environment and fuel consumption.
TRAINS
Virginia Railway Express
http://www.vre.org
The VRE has schedules, zone maps and press releases on its site.
Last modified May 31, 2003
