APTA: The American Public Transportation Association
An international organization for the bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems industry, APTA works to ensure that public transportation is available and accessible for all Americans in communities across the country.

Center for Transportation Excellence
The Center for Transportation Excellence is a non-partisan policy research center created to provide research materials, strategies and other forms of support on the benefits of public transportation.

BRT Policy Center - Transportation
Resources developed by the Bus Rapid Transit Policy Center, including policy papers, analysis, presentation, a worldwide database and newsletter

Federal Transit Administration's TOD and Joint Development Site
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has a page devoted to Transit-Oriented and Joint Development programs. There you will find links to resources as well as technical guidance.

Federal Highway Administration Clearinghouse
A Walkability Audit

Planetizen: The Planning and Development Network
Planetizen is a public-interest information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning, design, and development community.

Project for Public Spaces
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. PPS was founded in 1975 to build upon the pioneering Street Life Project of writer-sociologist William H. Whyte.

Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America is a coalition of organizations working to improve the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home. The coalition advocates on behalf of historic preservation, the environment, farmland and open space preservation, and neighborhood revitalization.

Surface Transportation Policy Project
The Surface Transportation Policy Project is a nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment.

Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit education and research institute, and an influential source of objective information on urban planning, growth, and development.