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Monadnock Alliance for Sustainable Transportation: http://www.mastnh.org/resources/educators/
MAST links to curriculum and a calendar and other resources to help educators teach about sustainable transportation.
Alternative Drivetrains: http://www.altfuels.org/backgrnd/altdrive.html
Alternative Fuels Data Center: Vehicles: http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/afdc/afv/afvehicles.html
US DOE clearinghouse for info on alternative fuels.
American Methanol Institute: http://www.methanol.org/
Automotive Career Development Center: http://www.auto-careers.org/
Trains mechanics to work on hybrid vehicles.
Autos Without Pollution: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/electriccars.html
Bicycle Transportation Alliance: http://www.bta4bikes.org/
Bike safety and education.
Car Busters: http://www.carbusters.org/
Carbusters Magazine is published four times a year by the World Carfree Network and produced by an international activist team in Prague, Czech Republic.
Clean School Bus USA, EPA: http://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/
Club of Pioneers: http://www.clubofpioneers.com/
An informational site about future-technology transportation.
DOE's Clean Cities Home: http://www.ccities.doe.gov/
Clean Cities programs help public and private parties reduce pollution, especially through grant support for switching to alternative fuels for transportation.
Eco Trekker: http://www.ecotrekker.com/
The host of this video series travels across America without using any gasoline or standard diesel. Check out their long list of non-gas vehicles, with photos, statistics, and contact-info.
Educational Activities in Solar Energy: http://www.solarsam.com/
Based in Needham, MA. Ask SolarSam to visit your school with his Chariots charged by solar power.
EERE: Clean Cities Home Page: http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/index.html
ENC Focus:Alternative Fuels: http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/altfuels/
EV World: The World of Electric, Hybrid, Fuel...: http://www.evworld.com/
Federal Aviation Administration: Education: http://www.faa.gov/education/
The FAA links to curriculum about flying.
FutureCars.com: http://www.futurecars.com/
News, videos, research reviews, and an online community, all about future personal transportation.
Futuretruck 2001 Photos: http://www.futuretruck.org/archive/2001/gallery/index.html
Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation: http://education.dot.gov/
The US Department of Transportation has a mission to support transportation education from kindergarten to career.
Going Green Mapping Tool: http://find.mapmuse.com/interest/category/Going_Green
Find an alternative fuel for your vehicle with this interactive map.
Google Web Directory - Science-Technology...EVehicles: http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/Energy/Transportation/Electric_Vehicles/
Green Car Congress: http://www.greencarcongress.com/
Green Car Congress hosts a news-based site. This is a great place to get the latest news about clean-car technologies. I suggest reading articles in class and then teaching the needed science.
Green Grand Prix: http://www.greengrandprix.com
An annual economical and environmentally friendlier vehicle event. A road race for street-legal cars, and exhibits of specialty vehicles at a great social event at legendary Watkins Glen, NY.
Hallbar.com - Parts - Kits - Projects - Infor...: http://www.hallbar.com/
http://www.ccities.doe.gov/vbg/consumers/: http://www.ccities.doe.gov/vbg/consumers/
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
This is where you get the EPA's mileage ratings for new cars.
http://www.greenercars.com/indexplus.html: http://www.greenercars.com/indexplus.html
I Don't Care About the Air: http://www.idontcareaboutair.com/
International Air Transport Association (IATA) - Fuel efficiency: https://www.iata.org/en/programs/ops-infra/fuel/fuel-efficiency/
The International Air Transport Association explains its approach to supporting the air transport industry while addressing carbon dioxide emissions and fuel efficiency.
International Hydrogen Drive 2004: http://www.hydrogendrive.com/
MA Clean Cities Coalition: http://www.mass.gov/doer/cleancit/cleancit.htm
Meets monthly to promote cleaner options in transportation for both public and private parties.
Modine (innovative refrigeration manufacturer): http://www.modine.com/
Modine makes refrigeration systems that use CO2 as a coolant instead of CFCs or HCFCs. In 2004 they introduced a Jeep that cools itself with CO2. They also work to increase efficiency of traditional cooling systems, as well as managing the thermal output Ôjö Modine
Mrs. Brewster's Alternative Vehicle Assignment: http://www.bhsonline.org/teachers/brewster/automobile/index.htm
A project for Beverly (MA) High School. Students research alternative vehicles in the context of improving the local economy with a new plant.
National Ethanol Vehicle Council: http://www.e85fuel.com/
Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition: http://www.ngvc.org/
OptiSoft _ Intelligent Traffic Signal Platform: http://www.optisoft-its.com/
Now that transportation departments are saving so much with LED signals, this company offers cities somewhere to place their displaced spending: LED traffic lights with integrated surveillance cameras!
Oregon Manifest: http://oregonmanifest.com/
A design/build competition to create the modern utility bike. Portland, Oregon, is one of the world's leading communities in replacing automobile culture with fuel-free and efficient transportation. This challenge celebrates the homespun industry that's making innovative bicycles for delivering goods and people for better commerce.
Propane Vehicle Council: http://www.propane-gas.com/vehicle
Rapid Charger for Electric Vehicles in Hawaii: http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/ev-fastchg.html
Renewable Fuels Association (Ethanol Industry Voice): http://www.ethanolrfa.org/
Representing the ethanol industry.
Rulemaking Actions: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/CAFE/rulemaking.htm
Solar Lab Research and Design: http://solarlab.org/
A London-based company that builds boats and other projects using photo-voltaic modules. You can see their solar ferry operating in Hamburg, Germany.
Solar Skiff: http://solarskiff.com/
Inventing a solar-powered space plane. This super-long page reviews history, physics, and an interesting business model.
Summer Teacher Workshop--Transportation: http://www.vss.psu.edu/greatt/stw/
Learn how to use advanced transportation technologies to teach science pre-college. The workshops are held at Penn State in University Park, PA.
The Bicycle Pavilion: http://www.bicyclepavilion.com/
Site for a traveling exhibition about bicycles, history, and human-powered transportation.
The EPA's Transportation and Air Quality Tech.: http://epa.gov/otaq/technology/
The US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality studies cleaner technologies for autos.
The EV1 Chronicles: http://www.eanet.com/kodama/ev1/
The Hythane Company: http://www.hythane.com/
Hythane is a company that converts cars to run on a 20-80 mix of hydrogen and natural gas (mostly methane, which is four atoms of hydrogen and one of carbon).
The Technology and Potential of Hybrid Vehicles: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/advanced_vehicles/page.cfm?pageID=1082
Tomorrow's Railroads: http://www.tomorrowsrailroads.com/
Rail freight advocacy organization. Disseminates information on the savings of energy and CO2-emissions by increasing the use of intermodal freight (Truck-Rail appropriate loading).
Transatlantic21 Solar PV Catamaran: http://www.transatlantic21.org/
Using solar power only, the catamaran "sun21" is undertaking the first motorized crossing of the Atlantic with solar power to promote the great potential of this technology for ocean navigation. The "sun21" is due to arrive on 8 May 2007, 6 pm, in New York, having covered about 7000 sea miles
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green ...: http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/
U.S. Fuel Cell Council: http://www.usfcc.com/
Uncle Mark's Alternative Fueling Station: http://www.altfuels.org/index.html
X-Prize Cars: http://www.xprizecars.com/
Blog following teams competing for the Progressive Automotive X-Prize, a competition to create a production-ready passenger vehicle that gets over 100 miles per gallon.

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