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Transportation Lobbyists and Policy Groups
- Association of Drivers Against Daytime Running
Lights
- This association actively opposes the effort to place
Daytime Running Lights (now known as DRLs) in every vehicle manufactured or sold in
the United States.
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(AMPO)
- Represents the interests of MPOs (Metropolitan Planning Organizations) and provides
technical assistance.
- AUTOCIDE (Wompedy Club)
- Learn about the specific problems of an auto-culture and what you
can do to help reduce our society's dependency on cars.
- National Center for Policy Analysis
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This Dallas think tank is a good source of pro-growth perspectives. There is a
special section on land use controls. An easy way to navigate this site is to use the search feature using keywords such as "sprawl"
or "land use."
- National Motorists Association
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A membership organization that advocates, represents, and protects the interests of North
American motorists. It purports to be the organization that promoted federal legislation
that eliminated the 55-mile-per-hour National Maximum Speed Limit in 1995. Takes positions
on matters such as traffic calming, perceived as being contrary to the interests of
motorists.
- Preservation Institute:
Transportation and Development Politics on the Web
- A collection of resources critiquing to development of the "modern" city.
- The Public Purpose: Wendell Cox Consultancy
- Opposes most public transit projects and growth-control initiatives. Has as its
guiding principle: "What government does for one it should do for all; What
government does not do for all it should do for none."
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Advocacy group whose original goal was to work toward creating a nationwide network
of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors. Also engaged
with the federally-mandated
recreational
trails program.
- Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI)
- Works to develop policy changes that foster individual responsibility, choice, and
competition. RPPI believes that a dynamic world, conducive to discovery and innovation, is
essential to prosperity and human progress. RPPI's transportation and urban land use programs are especially
relevant.
- STPP (Surface Transportation Policy Project)
- Tracks transportation policy developments, including developments pertaining to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Maintained
by the Surface Transportation Policy Project. See in particular the TEA
21 User's Guide.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation - Transportation
- A non-profit research institute guided by the core principles of limited
government, free enterprise, private property rights and individual
responsibility. Its work is conducted by academics across Texas and is
funded by individuals, foundations and corporations.
- TRIP: The Road Information Program
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Founded in 1971, TRIP is a nonprofit organization that promotes
transportation policies that relieve traffic congestion, improve air
quality, make highway travel safer, and enhance economic productivity.
- Wildlands CPR
- A clearinghouse of resources related to reducing the impacts of roads and
off-road vehicles (ORVs).
This page is maintained by
Bobby Griffith
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