World Allies Register


 This annotated register identifies websites of several hundred groups and programs around the world who are involved in various ways in actively addressing the problems associated with sustainable transport.

The inventory as it currently stands is heavily biased to English languages sources, and we are hopeful that our colleagues around the world will help us to make of this a more balanced and broadly useful tool. We are aware of considerable shortcomings in the Scandinavian, Dutch and German language countries where there is considerable good activity as well in these areas. But for this listing to be of universal value, it will need to be filled in to offer more compete coverage world-wide. So if your group or some other which you think should be included is not listed, please do get in touch here:

World CarFree Allies listing as per 3 January 2001

Select letter to advance directly to organization's name:

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  1. Action Network
    Get connected with policymakers who shape your world. Join over 500,000 like minded email users around the country - an online community of environmental activists. With a single click, weigh in when it counts, sending free faxes or emails to policymakers before they make their decisions.
  2. Adbusters
    A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Their aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century
  3. American Lung Association The mission of the ALA is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health. ALA's advocacy programs seek to influence the development and enforcement of laws and regulations related to lung health at the national, state and local levels, providing authoritative information to policymakers.
  4. Association Francaise de Teletravail (France)
    L'AFTT a pour objet de devenir l'espace français fédérateur d'échanges, d'initiatives, d'informations et de projets en matière de téléactivités
  5. Alliance for a Paving Moratorium : USA
    We demonstrate alternatives to sprawl and petroleum dependence while fighting new road construction. Rather than market-oriented economic data, we provide concepts and solutions that involve the whole community. Our network and news coverage access key data and sources
  6. America Walks
    A non-profit national coalition of local advocacy groups dedicated to promoting walkable communities. Our mission is to foster the development of community-based pedestrian advocacy groups and to educate the public about the benefits of walking.
  7. Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
    Mission is to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. Ashoka searches the world for the best new ideas, championed by the most capable, innovative social entrepreneurs.
  8. Auto-Free Canada
    We are a very talkative group, and the best way to see what we are all about is to read or participate in our discussion group
  9. Alternative Press Center
    The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press.
  10. Auto-Free Ottawa (Canada)
    Auto-Free Ottawa makes extensive of electronic discussion areas. They are used for announcements, for general discussion and also for event planning. There is also a support area for people that are making a transition to a car-free lifestyle.
  11. autofrei leben! (Autofree Life, in German. Use Translate) : Germany
  12. Automobile Moratorium - a car-free day in the city of Berkeley 

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  13. Barataria Exchange Project
    dedicated to developing local exchange trading systems in Ireland, Scotland, Amsterdam and Madrid.. These systems organize small- and medium-sized businesses, public institutions and socially oriented third-system enterprises into local trade networks based on bartering, or local "money".
  14. BEC - Bath Car Free Day
  15. Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
    supports the implementation, monitoring and assessment of the Habitat Agenda and of Local Agenda 21 through the systematic identification, documentation and dissemination of good and best practices in improving the living environment.
  16. Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (B.E.S.T.)
    A non-profit society that has been promoting environmentally sound transportation alternatives within the Lower Mainland of Britsish Columbia since 1991. It started out as a grassroots cycling education and advocacy group, and has evolved into an integrated voice for all environmentally sound ways to move throughout the region.
  17. Bicycling in Austin
    Provides information about bicycling for transport in Austin, TX. The focus is on bikes as alternative transportation, not on bikes for recreation or sport.
  18. Bicycle PeopleBicycle and sustainable transportation resources and events calendars are featured in this Vancouver, B.C.-based group.
  19. Bicyclopedia
    A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Bicycles and Bicycling
  20. Bike Lane
    Excellent source of internatinal cycling links
  21. Brother's Brother Foundation
    Functions as the link between resources and the development process through shipments of books and educational supplies to countries where accessibility and availability of such materials is limited.
  22. BSCP - Baltic Sustainable Cities Programme
    This lists and describes sustainable Baltic Cities projects.
  23. Bullitt Foundation
    Committed to the protection and restoration of the environment of the Pacific Northwest.

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  24. Calling Attention to Pedestrian Safety
    One of the most effective ways to call attention to creating a better pedestrian environment is to document the deaths and injuries suffered by pedestrians. In most communities pedestrians are a significant portion of annual traffic fatalities, yet little is done to make the walking environment safer. You can find local statistics that will show the media and officials that the problem is real.
  25. Campaign to Make America Walkable (USA)
  26. Car Busters
    "Name and shame the culprits behind car culture, make them beg for mercy at the shame of it all and send them home with a beautifully crafted, practically-an-Oscar Autosaurus Award." Caretakers
    Sustainable Work, Community and Lifestyle Project 20 Ridge St Woodford NSW 2778
  27. Carfree.come
    The web site that goes with the book. Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles.
  28. Car Free Cities Network (EU)
    Launched by the European Commission in March 1994 at the "Car Free Cities?" Conference in Amsterdam. The first 37 member cities who joined the network at that time were committing themselves to developing, exchanching and putting in place techniques and management methods for the reduction of the volume of traffic in cities, by actively encouraging the use of more environmentally friendly modes of transport than the car.
  29. Carfree City Society
    A personal web page: "These pages are based on >>20 years of car-free life, and some struggle against the car-culture."
  30. CarFree Times
    A quarterly newsletter of events of interest to those studying cities and the effects of urban automobiles
  31. Carpooling Made Easy (USA)
    If you follow a few simple guidelines you’ll see that forming a successful carpool is easy.
  32. Cars Suck!
    This is the Right Of Way home page. Right Of Way is a group of activists dedicated to asserting the rights of car-free street users -- including pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters -- and fighting back against car violence. Our home base is New York City, but we hope to report on, and help stimulate, action and awareness in other locales as well.
  33. Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
    working for a sustainable future, an educational charity striving to achieve the best cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds. We test, live with and display strategies and tools for doing this.
  34. Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
    U.S. Department of Energy's information and services on how your community can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being
  35. Center for Livable Communities
    Helps local governments and community leaders be proactive in their land use and transportation planning, and adopt programs and policies that lead to more livable and resource-efficient land use patterns. Workshops, publications and a multimedia library are among the resources offered.
  36. Center for a New American Dream
    Not-for-profit membership-based organization that helps individuals and institutions reduce and shift consumption to enhance our quality of life and protect the environment.
  37. Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
    A project of the U.S. Department of Energy. This site includes information about other communities that have discovered the benefits of sustainable development; technical and financial resources that can help communities plan and carry out sustainable development projects; and model codes and ordinances other communities have used to implement sustainable development.
  38. Center for Neighborhood Technology
    The Center for Neighborhood Technology has a unique mission: To invent and implement new tools and methods that create livable urban communities for everyone.
  39. Centre for the Management of Environmental Resource
    CMER is the product of a partnership between INSEAD and a number of international corporations. It represents recognition by the business community of the growing importance of environmental issues for businesses.
  40. Centre for Sustainable Transportation (Canada)
    Founded to provide leadership in achieving sustainable transportation in Canada by facilitating cooperative actions, and thus contributing to Canadian and global sustainability.
  41. CERES ( Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies) (USA)
    A coalition of investors, public pension trustees, foundations, labor unions, and environmental, religious and public interest groups, who believe that global economic activity must be environmentally responsible.
  42. Chicago's Walking School Bus Program
    To further encourage walking, and to ensure the safety of students who do, the City of Chicago is launching a Walking School Bus program.
  43. Child Health Foundation
    dedicated to saving and improving the lives of the children in the U.S. and throughout the world
  44. Children International
    Nonprofit humanitarian organization that, through the generosity of its contributors, helps children around the world overcome the burdens of poverty to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.
  45. Children's Play Council : UK
    The Children's Play Counci, Transport 2000 and the Child Accident Prevention Trust are campaigning for Home Zones in the UK. They are talking to the government to get Home Zones soon.
  46. Children-Play Discussion List (UK) :
    An open unmoderated list for debate on issues around children's play needs in both physical and social environments. Topics might include therapeutic issues as well as social policy matters. The list might be of interest to teachers, researchers and students in associated fields.
  47. Church World Service
    Assists communities in responding to disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies, provides educational resources, and offers opportunities to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring.
  48. Civic Exchange
    An independent, non-profit, think tank: (a) To promote civic education, public awareness and participation in governance by strengthening civic participation in public life. (b) To undertake research and development of economic, social and political policies and practices to help shape the breadth and depth of public policy debate and so to advance policies that are sustainable, resilient, non-violent, economically efficient, just, participatory, locally appropriate and spiritually rewarding.
  49. Climate Change Solutions
    This Pembina Institute website has practical ideas on how Canadians can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contains lots of individual success stories.
  50. Coalition for Alternative Transportation (CAT)  
  51. Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities
    A directory of contacts, stories, events, and other resources from the healthy communities movement in the United States
  52. Coastal Cyclists Bicycle Club (USA)
    Established in 1972 to promote safer and more accessible cycling conditions in South Carolina, and to educate cyclists and the general public in the multiple uses of our roadways.
  53. Comic Relief (UK)
    exists to tackle poverty and promote social justice by helping disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa to realise their aspirations and potential
  54. Community Transportation Association (USA)
    CTAA is an association of organizations and individuals committed to improving mobility for all people.
  55. Commuter Challenge (Canada)
    A week-long, friendly competition among Canadian cities to see which one can cut its air pollution the most by using active and sustainable transportation. All you have to do is make a commitment to walk, in-line skate, jog, cycle (active transportation), bus, telework, or carpool (sustainable transportation) during the week of June 5 - 9, 2001, then let us know the mode you used and the distance you traveled.
  56. Commuter Challenge (USA)
    Builds leadership among King County (Seattle, Washington, USA) employers to reduce commute trips and facilitates communication between government and business on transportation demand management issues.
  57. Commuterbucks
    A provision of the Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act of 1992 enables employers to offer a tax-free fringe benefit to employees who vanpool to work.
  58. Congress for New Urbanism (USA)
    Views disinvestment in central cities, the spread of placeless sprawl, increasing separation by race and income, environmental deterioration, loss of agricultural lands and wilderness, and the erosion of society's built heritage as one interrelated community-building challenge.
  59. Conservation Law Foundation (USA)
    The Conservation Law Foundation is the largest regional environmental advocacy organization in the United States.
  60. Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED)
    Network of support for American urban areas and their people through collaboration with the private development sector, public and private educational institutions and other organizations concerned with urban policy. Create new public-private approaches to urban economic development.
  61. Critical Mass - 1 (Have to look to figure it out)
  62. Critical Mass -2
    A monthly bicycle ride to take back the streets. It began in San Francisco in 1992, and quickly spread to cities all over the world

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  63. Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions (UK)
    Aim is to improve the quality of life by promoting sustainable development at home and abroad, fostering economic prosperity and supporting local democracy.
  64. Don't Choke Britain 
  65. Doctors of the World
    non-profit organization which relies on the support of volunteers and private donors to provide medical care to the world's most vulnerable people

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  66. EarthAction
    Global network of over 1,500 campaigning organizations in almost 150 countries working to protect the environment, promote peace and to ensure that development all over the world is sustainable and combined with social justice
  67. Earth First! Journal
    A radical environmental journal
  68. Earth Rights Institute
    Earth Rights Institute is dedicated to securing the democratic human right to the earth via local-to-global land value taxation and ground rent policies.
  69. Earth Charter Consultation
    Set forth an aspiring vision of fundamental principals of a global partnership for sustainable development and environmental conservation; promote worldwide dialogue on shared values and global ethics; circulate the Earth Charter throughout the world as a people's treaty; ensure that Charter principles find expression in individual lifestyles, professional and organizational work ethics, educational curriculum, religious teachings, public policy, and government practices; seek endorsement of Charter by UN General Assembly by the year 2002
  70. Earth Negotiations Bulletins (Canada)
    Updates of all meetings of UN conventions and subsidiary bodies.
  71. Earth Day/Earth Site
    This first Earth Day program dates to 1970 and was first celebrated by the United Nations in 1971. It continues to this day, each year ceelbrating the Vernal Equinox on March 21st as the celebration of the earth.
  72. Earth Pledge Foundation
    Nonprofit Communications Company promoting Sustainable Development in partnership with the private sector to produce projects and special events across a wide range of fields, including architecture, art, cuisine, environment, Internet, media, politics, technology and tourism.
  73. Earth Times
    Web newspaper on the human environment and related economic, humanitarian and social issues.
  74. Ecocity Builders
    Ecocity Builders is a non-profit organization dedicated to building our cities in balance with nature.
  75. Eco-Village Information Service
    Home of the Global Eco-Village Network.
  76. Ecological Villager's Alliance
    EVA is a resource for eco-villagers, permaculturists, intentional community members, co-housing residents, neighborhood organizers, sustainable developers, organic farmers, and others organizing to change the world by creating a human culture that works with nature.
  77. Econet
    links to climate-related organisations. Also links to ECO, the Climate Action Network daily newsetter from convention meetings
  78. Electronic Tools for Community Sustainability
    Introductory information about a number of different electronic tools useful for development of community sustainability.
  79. Encycleopedia
    Cycling is many things: a sport, a fashion, a form of transport: but we need to bring it into the very fabric of our lives, if it is to help bring about real change.
  80. Environmental Transport Association (ETA)
    ETA encourages people to walk and cycle more. Every June the ETA co-ordinates a nationwide Green Transport Week. During this week, many towns and cities participate in events, including National Car Free Day.
  81. Envirolink Network
    Publishes information on environmental events, a progressive mailing list archive, and pointers to resources and information on many environmental issues.
  82. Environment Canada
    A science-based government department whose business is helping Canadians live and prosper in an environment that is properly protected and conserved. It's goal is to help make sustainable development a reality in Canada and, by doing so, make Canada an example to the world.
  83. Ethical Media
    People are questioning how media the Internet can help to affect positive social and environmental change. More than that they want to do something about it.
  84. European Cyclists' Federation (ECF)
    Pledged to ensure that bicycle use achieves its fullest potential so as to bring about sustainable mobility and public well-being. To achieve these aims, the ECF seeks to change attitudes, policies and budget allocations at the European level.
  85. European Federation for Transport and Environment (Belgium)
    T&E speaks out for sustainable transport in Europe.
  86. European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS)
    An interactive guide to current transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions across Europe.
  87. European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign (Belgium)
    Webpage of the European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign and the European Sustainable Cities Project!
  88. European Telework On-Line (UK)
    Good source of European Telework Association web sites and a number of useful resources
  89. European Union "In town, without my car !" program
    The EU annual car free cities program. based on 1998 French example
  90. Euro-Telework(Italy)
    Supported by the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, under the European Social Fund

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  91. Facing the Future: People and the Planet
  92. Federation of European Pedestrian Association Presidente : Paola D'AVELLA via Carlo Poerio 89o Napoli (Italia) Tel : +39-81-7642765 and +39-6-39732715 FAX : +39-81-7642765
  93. Flexibility - New Ways of Working (UK)
    Aims to inform and stimulate debate about the changing world of work. Brings together research and opinion about innovations in employment practice, organisational development, technological change and public policy.
  94. Flora
    An on- line community which hosts information pages and discussion groups including "Auto- Free Ottawa", "Alternative Transportion", and "Communities Before Cars".
  95. Forum for the Future
    Founded in 1996 by three of the UK's leading advocates of sustainable development - Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paula Ekins. They did so out of a conviction that many of the solutions needed to defuse the environmental crisis, and to build a more sustainable society, are already to hand.
  96. Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta) (Ireland)
    Questioning the prevailing economic orthodoxy that “growth is good” regardless of the impact on the environment, community and human health and happiness.
  97. Friends of the Earth
    The largest international network of environmental groups in the world, represented in 61 countries.
  98. The Full Cost of the Car
    Collections of essays, 1996, Canada

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  99. M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
    promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming.
  100. Global Commons Institute (GCI) (UK)
    An independent group of people whose aim is the protection of the Global Commons, which we fear may be driven beyond the threshold of ecological stability by the relentless pursuit of economic growth. We are currently working on the political and economic aspects of global climate change.
  101. Global Environment Facility
    Established to forge international cooperation and finance actions to address four critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone depletion.
  102. Global Exchange
    a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world. Since founding in 1988, striving to increase global awareness among the US public while building international partnerships around the world.
  103. Global Network of National Councils for Sustainable Development
    a multi-stakeholder participatory body, to promote and implement sustainable development at the national level.
  104. The Global South
    An Independent Monthly e-Journal for Global Interdependence
  105. GLOBE International
    Global Legislators' Organisation for a Balanced Environment, is campaigning actively in many countries, with a strong focus on Contraction and Convergence
  106. Go For Green
    Gives advice on how to be more active in your day-to-day activities, and offers ways to protect, enhance and restore the environment.
  107. Grameen Bank
    Provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh without any collateral. "Credit is a cost effective weapon to fight poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the overall development of socio-economic conditions of the poor who have been kept outside the banking orbit on the ground that they are poor and hence not bankable.
  108. Greenbelt Alliance - Greenbelt Alliance is the San Francisco Bay Area's citizen land conservation organization.
  109. Green Brick Road
    Non-profit which specializes in resources and information for students and teachers of global and environmental education
  110. Greenest City
    A non-profit, community-based environmental organization committed to reducing pollution, regenerating urban life, and promoting social equity. Projects and campaigns embrace community diversity and engage people in finding locally-appropriate solutions to global environmental problems.
  111. Green Tourism Association
    A unique non-profit organization that is committed to establishing an economically sustainable green tourism industry in Toronto. Works collaboratively with a network of businesses, community and environmental groups, government agencies, heritage and cultural organizations and individuals that share their common interest.
  112. GreenNet
    Not-for-profit Internet Service Provider dedicated to supporting and promoting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights and the environment, through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
  113. Green Transport Week
    ETA Green Transport Week is a week of events around Britain designed to highlight real alternatives to the car for every day journeys

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  114. Idealist - Action Without Borders, Inc.
    Action Without Borders is a global coalition of individuals and organizations working to build a world where all people can live free, dignified and productive lives.
  115. info Xchange Inc. (Australia)
    Our mission is to use information technology for social justice. We encourage the provision of quality community information exchange.
  116. Informaction
    Informaction is a free automated lobbying service for anyone interested in the environment
  117. InterAction
    Diverse coalition of more than 160 US-based relief, development, environmental and refugee agencies working in more than 100 countries around the world.
  118. Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
    Mission: to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies.
  119. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan)
    IGES is an international organization concerned with developing new strategies for sustainable development, focusing on the Asian region.
  120. Institute for Local Self Reliance
    The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is a nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies. Since 1974, ILSR has worked with citizen groups, governments and private businesses in developing policies that extract the maximum value from local resources.
  121. Institute for Policy Studies Green Policy Network
    Provides resources for local elected officials (LEOs), scholars, and activists on economic and environmental policies to help make their communities more self-reliant and sustainable.
  122. Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (Australia)
    Sustainable Cities: urban planning, transport, water and waste in city policy. Sustainable Futures: advancement and critique of innovation and technology. Sustainable Selves: identity, education, spirituality, ethical dimensions of technology and sustainable development.
  123. Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP)
    Set up in 1985, to promote environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. ITDP was organized by leading advocates for sustainable transport in the US who realized that the US was exporting its model of automobile dependence to developing countries and, most recently, Central and Eastern Europe. ITDP chose to focus on counteracting this development
  124. International Association of Investors in the Social Economy
    Created in 1989, INAISE has grown rapidly as the movement of social investors gained importance, volume and visibility in a number of European and non-European countries.
  125. International Bicycle Fund
    Non-governmental, nonprofit organization, promoting sustainable transport and international understanding. Major areas of activity are non-motorized urban planning, economic development, bike safety education, responsible travel and cycle tourism, and cross-cultural, educational programs.
  126. International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
    An international environmental agency for local governments. Its mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global environmental and sustainable development conditions through cumulative local actions
  127. International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
    professional and educational organization representing appointed managers and administrators in local governments throughout the world
  128. International Downtown Association (USA>
    Seeks to be the principal advocate for North America's urban and community centers; coalescing public, business and non-profit interests into civic partnerships that affirm the diversity of these centers, and creating livable communities.
  129. International Forum for Rural Transport and Development
    A global network of individuals and representatives from government, academia, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, consultancies and technical institutions, national and international NGOs and groups of community organisations in 83 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The Forum’s long-term vision is of a world in which rural communities, particularly those who are poor and disadvantaged, have improved accessibility and mobility.
  130. International Institute for Environment and Development
    IIED is an independent, non-profit organisation with a mission to promote sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, consensus building and public information.
  131. International Institute for Sustainable Development
    A multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers. Meets this challenge by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic instruments, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable. By using Internet communications, we cover and report on international negotiations and broker knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries and a better dialogue between North and South.
  132. International Pedestrian Lexicon
    A work-in-progress compiled with input from members of the Pednet list
  133. International Road Safety Links (Canada)
    Compiled by by Transport Canada.
  134. ITAC, the International Telework Association & Council (USA)
    The International Telework Association and Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the economic, social and environmental benefits of telework.
  135. International Network of Telework Web Sites
    Hosted at the European Telework Online telework and telecommuting portal site. The site also presents a wide range of information and links on telework/telecommuting, e-commerce and telecooperation.
  136. International Telework WebRing
    Links non-profit national telework associations, one per country, around the world.
  137. International Walk to School Day Program: USA
    The official web site of International Walk to School Day
  138. Intersection
    A resource, meeting and office space for folks interested and involved in sustainable transportation. Officially launched in September 1995, it is the home of Transportation Options, Community Bicycle Network, Detour Publications, the Toronto Centre for Appropriate Transport (T-CAT) and ARC.
  139. Institute for Sustainable Communities
    The mission is to help communities around the world address environmental, economic, and social challenges to build a better future shaped and shared by all.

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  140. Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice
    The Journal provides a high-quality medium for the development and international dissemination of original and creative ideas in world sustainable transport.

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  141. Kid Friendly Cities
    Hopes to inspire families, individuals, activists and officials to work together to create better communities, instead of just moving to "better" places. To this end, our report broadens the discussion on population to include concerns about social justice
  142. Kids' Space
    Provides the world's children an Internet home for creative artistic expression and cross-cultural digital communication.

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  143. Libraries Build Sustainable Communities Project
    This Web site introduces sustainable community development as a process for making choices about the future, identifies three basic dynamics of community, and suggests activities to guide communities and libraries toward becoming sustainable.
  144. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (USA)
    improving the quality of debate and disseminating knowledge of critical issues in land use and tax policy through professional development courses, research and publications.
  145. Links of interest to Green transportation advocates
  146. Living Room (USA)
    A place for exploring the physical and social structures of human society and  their relationship to the rest of life. Examine history, technology, and sensations of social living, state of community today, and practices that can make life both richer and more practical for all of us, today and in our children's children's day.

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  147. Mercy Corps International (MCI)
    non-profit humanitarian organization which exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
  148. Mondragón Co-operative Corporation
    The first co-operative and today largest business corporation in the Basque Country, and the eighth largest in Spain.
  149. Multi-media resourceLinkages
    Multi-media resource for Environment and Development Policy Makers provided by International Institute for Sustainable Development.
  150. MY HERO (USA)
    Circles the globe via the Internet searching for real life heroes as we celebrate the best of humanity.

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  151. National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) (USA)
    Provides training, information and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural America.
  152. National Bicycle Greenway in Action
  153. National Bicycle and Pedestrian Clearinghouse
    Campaign to Make America Walkable
  154. National Car Free Day/Virtual Conference
    Anyone thinking about using virtual broadcasting should dip into the multi-point videoconference and web cast that we are doing for National Car Free Day. The idea is to use the day as a way of highlighting the potential use of videoconferencing/webcasting as a substitute for travelling.
  155. National Car Free Day 1998
    ETA Car Free Day program, 1998, UK. (They continue their CFD efforts to this day)
  156. The National Center for Bicycling and Walking (USA)
    Internet Resource Center: an electronic information center for bicycle and pedestrian advocates, practitioners, public officials and interested citizens.
  157. National Children's Bureau (UK:
    A registered charity which promotes the interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. Advocate the participation of children and young people in all matters affecting them.
  158. National TravelWise Association : UK
    . Up-to-date Nwareness campaigns in the UK and Europe, helpful advice for schools and businesses, free downloadable materials and access to a network of professional organisations working in the field.
  159. The Natural Step
    Non-profit environmental education organization working to build an ecologically and economically sustainable society.
  160. Netherlands Telework Forum (Netherlands)
    Daarnaast vindt u natuurlijk informatie over de activiteiten van het TelewerkForum en haar participanten.
  161. Network For Change
    Open resource of information and valuable tools: more than chats, bulletin boards, and information searches on progressive topics, it's a community that cares. Non-profits and others working for change invited. The New Colonist
    A web publication for people who love and live in cities. It's not only about the cities themselves, but about life in cities.
  162. New Economics Foundation
    Founded in 1986, works to construct a new economy centred on people and the environment. One of the UK's most creative and effective independent think tanks, combining research, advocacy, training and practical action
  163. New Ways to Work (UK)
    Campaigns and provides expertise on new and flexible ways of working that help people, organisations and society achieve a balance between work and the rest of life. Our aim is a society whose working culture gives real freedom of choice to people who cannot or do not wish to work traditional patterns.
  164. New Ways to Work (USA)
    New Ways to Work provides technical assistance, training, customized tools and facilitated support to employers, schools, community organizations and community collaboratives interested in developing systems that better prepare young people for their future.

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  165. OECD Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Program
    Transport activity is a necessary component of economic prosperity and social well-being, however, OECD countries face important challenges to reconcile transport and sustainable development. This site provides an overview of OECD work on transport and the environment.
  166. OneWorld
    an international network of co-operative centres, held together by OneWorld International. aim to challenge and inform, questioning assumptions and suggesting alternatives on the subjects that really matter.
  167. One Carfree Life
    A personal commentary. "To live car-free is to engage in a revolutionary act in a culture based on the automobile."
  168. Openair-Market Net
    World Wide Guide to Farmers' Markets, Street Markets, Flea Markets and Street Vendors
  169. The Orion Society (USA)
    An award-winning publisher, an environmental education organization, and a communications and support network for grassroots environmental and community organizations across North America.
  170. Our Schools Magazine - Get on your bike 
  171. Outreach International
    a human development agency striving to alleviate the injustice of hunger, poverty and disease in the world.
  172. Oxford Car-Free Week
    The purpose of the week is to raise awareness of the problems caused by growing dependence on car travel and of the benefits which might follow from the use of alternative modes of transport.

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  173. Panos Institute
    An international information organization working with partner NGOs and journalists in third world to strengthen their capacities to produce information on environmental and sustainable development issues and to promote southern perspectives on development.
  174. Partners for Livable Communities A non-profit organization committed to improving community well-being through economic development, social equity, amenity assets and quality of life.
  175. Partnership for a Walkable America
    National Safety Council
  176. Pedals for Progress (USA)
    Rescue bicycles destined for overburdened U.S. landfills and ship them to developing countries where they are sorely needed and highly valued. PfP bikes are put to work not only as basic transportation, but are used as a supplement to school and community programs.
  177. Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
    PBIC provides communities information and resources to create safe places for bicycling and walking and to promote healthy lifestyles and neighborhoods through increased bicycling and walking.
  178. Pedestrian Council of Australia (Australia)
    Goals: continual improvement of pedestrian safety, amenity and access; promotion of walking as a legitimate transport mode and an important, healthy, social activity; encouragement of the inclusion of pedestrian safety, amenity and access provisions in all urban and transport planning.
  179. The Pedestrians Association (UK)
    From its earliest days, the Association has been scoring successes on behalf of pedestrians. In 1920s, campaigns persuaded the Government to introduce the driving test, the 30mph urban speed limit and pedestrian crossings.
  180. Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, Inc. (PEDS)
    Founded in 1996, PEDS is a grass roots advocacy group that is dedicated to making metropolitan Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians. One of just fifteen local pedestrian advocacy groups in the nation, PEDS is impacting local, regional, state, and national transportation decisions.
  181. Pollution Probe
    Has a solutions-focused, pragmatic approach to environmental protection and works in partnership with stakeholders to achieve results.
  182. Preservation Institute - Transportation and Development Page
  183. Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
    PPS is a non-profit organization that for 25 years has successfully carried out its mission statement to build communities by creating the special places that build community life.

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  184. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC)
    a 10-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.
  185. Reason Public Policy Institute
    A United States national research and educational organization that explores and promotes public policies based on rationality and freedom.
  186. Redefining Progress
    A public policy organization that seeks to ensure a more sustainable and socially equitable world for our children and our children's children.
  187. Reduction Of Traffic By Half: Switzerland
    Die nachhaltige Gestaltung der Mobilität gelingt, wenn wir neue Wege gehen. Das braucht Visionen und Beharrlichkeit. Wir haben beides und fahren weiter. Übrigens auch virtuell, demnächst mit neuer Website
  188. Right of Way
    A group of activists dedicated to asserting the rights of car-free street users -- including pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters -- and fighting back against car violence. Their home base is New York City, but they hope to report on, and help stimulate, action and awareness in other locales as well.
  189. Roadsigns: Children in Depth
    discover a fascinating new world with traffic signs through the eye of monsieur Jean.

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  190. Safer Cities Programme
    Launched in 1996 at the request of mayors of African Cities who wanted to address urban violence by developing prevention strategy at the city level.
  191. Safer Journey to School : UK
  192. Safe Routes Network : UK
  193. Safe Routes to Schools : Western Australia
  194. Safer Routes to School : Australia, New South Wales
  195. School for social entrepreneurship
    a school running a National Programme for social entrepreneurs, and an action learning network to support local and regional social entrepreneurs' programmes around the UK.
  196. Schumacher Society
    Building on a rich tradition often known as decentralism, the Society initiates practical measures that lead to community revitalization and further the transition toward an economically and ecologically sustainable society.
  197. SCUPAD- Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development (Austria)
    SCUPAD Takes a closer look at critical aspects of urban development: identity of places, mass housing, international capital investments, environment, the global-local interface, and poverty.
  198. SD Gateway
    contextualizes new thinking and solutions being developed by the organizations involved with the "Spinning the Web" project - a collaboration between IISD, IDRC, and a network of some of the best independent sustainable development institutes in the world.
  199. Sierra Club
    Since 1892: Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
  200. Slow City Initiative
    An ad hoc agroup of towns which are committed for increasing the quality of life of their citizens
  201. Slower Speeds Initiative : UK.
    A joint campaign of the Children's Play Council, Cyclist's Touring Club, Environmental Transport Association, Pedestrians' Association, Pedestrians' Policy Group, Road Danger Reduction Forum, RoadPeace, Sustrans and Transport 2000. We believe that lower traffic speeds will bring important community benefits by: improving road safety; reducing noise, stress, pollution and fuel consumption; and encouraging cycling, walking and public transport.
  202. http://www.smarteric.com/
    Website for self-employed professionals who work from home or have a flexible home/office arrangement.
  203. Smart Growth Network (SGN)
    Provides a forum for facilitating smart growth in neighborhoods, communities, and regions across the United States.
  204. SOROS Foundation/Open Society Institute
    Promotes the development and maintenance of open societies around the world by supporting an array of programs dealing with educational, social, and legal reform.
  205. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Management Associations
    Transportation Management Associations are non-profit organizations which provide a forum for the private sector, government, and communities to create public/private partnerships to address such issues as traffic congestion, transit service, labour accessibility, and road improvements.
  206. Stockholm Challenge Award (Sweden)
    The Stockholm Challenge is a unique awards programme for pioneering IT projects world wide. It is a way of building networks between entrepreneurs who will benefit from contacts across borders, cultures and economies.
  207. Stockholm Environment Institute
    An independent, international research institute specialising in sustainable development and environment issues. SEI research activities fall under four main programme areas - Atmosphere, Energy, Water and Integrated Sustainable Development
  208. Streets For People (Australia)
    We're the transport collective within the environmental organisation 'Friends of The Earth.' Streets for People are creating visions of appropriate transport and a livable city through innovative and direct actions.
  209. Student Factory - MIKSIKE : Estonia
    Learning by doing. Middle school pupils create online study materials and the virtual learning and communication environment, which helps to understand and protect the real world environment.
  210. Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
    The goal is to ensure that transportation policy and investments help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the economy, promote social equity, and make communities more livable. We emphasize the needs of people, rather than vehicles, in assuring access to jobs, services, and recreational opportunities.
  211. Sustainable Cities Programme
    a joint UNCHS/UNEP facility for the development of a sustainable urban environment, founded on broad-based and meaningful public participation
  212. Sustainable Development.org
    resource center for information about sustainable development, utilizes the latest in Intranet Web technology to provide a community-center atmosphere for the storing, searching and disseminating of sustainable development information.
  213. Sustainable Development International
    provides a showcase for strategies and technologies for local-global Agenda 21 implementation. SDI is part of the "Towards Earth Summit 2002" process.
  214. Sustainable City Transportation
    This set of pages is dedicated to sound, sustainable, city traffic. This site presents a vision of a future city where people live in harmony with one another and their environment.
  215. Sustainable Development Communications Network (Canada)
    integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network.
  216. Sustainable School Travel Database
    UK - The database is a catalogue of information on teaching and other relevant resources relating to encouraging greater use of walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing for school journeys.
  217. Sustainable Seattle
    A citizen group working to improve our region's long-term health and vitality--cultural, economic, environmental and social. Our mission is to advocate for sustainability in Seattle/King County.
  218. Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (USA)
    Center developed by the University of Louisville
  219. Sustrans
    It stands for sustainable transport - is a charity working on practical projects to encourage people to walk and cycle more, so as to help reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects.
  220. Sustainable USA Network :
    National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America (NTM) Swedish Association of Vulnerable Road Users
    F O T står öppen för alla som vill främja de oskyddade trafikanternas intressen

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  221. Telecenter - How to set up (In German)
    Telezentren oder Telehäuser unterscheiden sich in vielerlei Hinsicht (Leistungsangebot, Organisation, Rechtsform). Der Betrieb eines Telezentrums steht und fällt mit seinen Mitarbeitern. Gerade in der Gründungsphase ist es ratsam, einen "Fürsprecher" oder eine "Patenfirma" (im Sinne von Leistungsabnehmer) zu gewinnen. Häufig geben die Kommunen dem jungen Unternehmen Rückendeckung. Bilden Sie also in jedem Falle "strategische Allianzen".
  222. Telecities - European Digital Cities (Belgium)
    An open network of local authorities for concerted urban development through information and telecommunication technology. Initiated as a sister network of Eurocities in 1993, TeleCities now has over 120 members
  223. Telework/Telecottage Association
    Europe's largest organisation dedicated to the promotion of teleworking. Over 2,000 people and organisations have joined us since we started in 1993.
  224. Telework Canada - Canadian Telework Association ) (Canada)
    Non-profit telework association dedicated to promoting telework in Canada.
  225. Telework Europe - European Telework On-Line (UK)
    Good source of European Telework Association web sites and a number of useful resources
  226. Telework Finland
    The Overview of Finnish ESF Telework Project
  227. Telework France - Association Francaise de Teletravail (France)
    L'AFTT a pour objet de devenir l'espace français fédérateur d'échanges, d'initiatives, d'informations et de projets en matière de téléactivités
  228. Telework Germany - Verband Telearbeit Deutschland e.V. (Germany )
    Telearbeit tritt in verschiedenen Formen auf. Sie kann z.B. in der Wohnung des Mitarbeiters (heimbasierte Telearbeit) oder auch unterwegs (mobile Telearbeit) erbracht werden. Ebenso setzen manche Arbeitgeber ihre Mitarbeiter bei ihren Kunden ein, wobei die gesamte Ausstattung, mit der diese arbeiten, dem eigenen Arbeitgeber gehört (On-Site-Telearbeit).
  229. Telework Ireland (Ireland)
    Comprehensive resource for our members and others interested in Teleworking and eWorking.
  230. Telework Italy - Italian Telework Association (Italy)
    "Promuovere studi, conoscenze scientifiche e iniziative sulle modifiche che l'innovazione, le nuove tecnologie e le reti di comunicazione hanno sulla Societa', sul lavoro, sulle imprese, sull'occupazione e sui lavoratori, e stimolare, con iniziative, studi, formazione e ricerche, lo sviluppo del telelavoro in Italia e in Europa.
  231. Telework New Zealand (New Zealand)
    Telework strategies for Enterprises, Governments, Communities and Individuals
  232. Telework Rumania
    Acest studiu poate fi considerat un ghid practic pentru cei care doresc sa lucreze la distanta, fiind bazat pe o documentatie temeinica si o experienta intensiva de lucru.
  233. Telework Spain - Spanish Telework Association (Spain)
  234. Thoreau Center for Sustainability (USA)
    Combining preservation of historic resources with creation of a global center for a sustainable future.
  235. Thunderhead Alliance (USA)
    Coalition of 35 state and regional bicycle advocacy organizations
  236. Together Foundation (USA)
    A private, operating foundation and non-governmental organization to facilitate partnerships through information and communication.
  237. Together Foundation
    Fostering communication between individuals, groups, corporations and governments working in service to the Earth and humanity.
  238. Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF)
    TAF was established in 1992 with an endowment of $23 million from the sale of city property. The Fund was created to help Toronto meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2005.
  239. Tools of Change - Proven Methods for Promoting Health and Environmental Citizenship
    This site is a collaborative effort between Cullbridge Marketing and Communications and various government partners. Founded on the principles of community-based social marketing, this site links a growing bank of case studies and lessons learned with planning guides and worksheets, to help program planners and implementers learn more quickly from their collective experience.
  240. Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)
    Campaigns for the reform of the UK's planning system to make it more responsive to people's needs and to promote sustainable development.
  241. TransAct
    An Internet service for disseminating information about transportation, the environment and communities. This website is sponsored by STPP and has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under a cooperative agreement.
  242. TransitPeople (USA)
    Arranges educational excursions for children using public transit in LA. We visit museums, aquariums, zoos, festivals, just about any place that can offer a worthwhile learning experience to kids.
  243. Transportation Alternatives (New York City) (USA)
    non-profit citizens’ group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars. We want safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks.
  244. TransportWatch (Australia) Website for Victorians to comment on their transport services - Melbourne's public transport, City Link, V-Line and country rail and bus services.
  245. TravelWise (UK)
    A one-stop shop for all your travel awareness needs. With up-to-date news on the latest travel awareness campaigns in the UK and Europe, helpful advice for schools and businesses
  246. Trickle Up (USA)
    An international non-profit organization based in New York City, helps the lowest income people worldwide take the first step up out of poverty, by providing conditional seed capital and business training essential to the launch of a micro-enterprise.

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  247. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) "The City Agency" - the lead agency within the UN system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements.
  248. UN Commission on Sustainable Development
  249. UITP - Union Internationale des Transports Publics (Belgium)
    aA world wide association of urban and regional passenger transport operators, their authorities and suppliers. With over 2.000 members from nearly 80 countries, UITP seeks to promote a better understanding of the potential of Public Transport.
  250. Union of Concerned Scientists
    US national partnership of scientists and citizens, combines scientific research with citizen advocacy to work for a cleaner, healthier environment and a better world.
  251. Urban Land Institute (USA)
    The mission of the ULI is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land to enhance the total environment.

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  252. Victoria Transport Policy Institute
    The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems.
  253. Virtual Library on International Development

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  254. Walk DC
    The pedestrian advocacy organization for the Washington DC region.
  255. Walk to School : International Links
  256. Walk to School site: Ottawa-Carlton TravelWise Canada
  257. Walk to school
    "the official walk to school website", UK.
  258. Walkable Communities, Inc.
    a non-profit corporation, established in the state of Florida in 1996. It was organized for the express purposes of helping whole communities, whether they are large cities or small towns, or parts of communities, i.e. neighborhoods, business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more walkable and pedestrian friendly.
  259. Walkability Checklist
    How walkable is your community? (from the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminsitration)
  260. Walking Safety Tips for Kids
    But walking can also be dangerous. How can you avoid getting into a crash? Well, let’s see.
  261. “Way to Go, Seattle”
    is a new initiative to show people they can save money and make their communities more livable by making more conscious transportation choices, just as they do now with recycling and water conservation. Over time, we hope that “Way to Go” is synonymous with making smart transportation choices.
  262. Wilderness Society
    Founded in 1935, works to protect America's wilderness and to develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy.
  263. World Business Council for Sustainable Development
    Develop closer co-operation between business, government and all other organizations concerned with the environment and sustainable development. Our members are drawn from 30 countries and more than 20 major industrial sectors.
  264. @World CarShare Consortium
    If you live in a city. . . and if you drive less than 10,000 kilometers a year. . . you should probably consider carsharing..
  265. World Game Insititute
    The World Game Institute is a 27 year old non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to supply the perspective and information needed to solve the critical problems facing global society of the twenty-first century.
  266. World Resources Institute
    information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. The World Through Children's Eyes: Hide and Seek & Peekaboo
    one happy alternative to the danger of traffic and the isolation of playgrounds has been developed there. Woonerven (living areas) are streets which have been modified to slow traffic. These streets are clearly marked with signs and curbing to notify the drivers that this is no ordinary street. Here pedestrians and bicyclists have the same rights to move about as does the car. Automobiles must give way to foot traffic and especially to children at play. Woonerven are no longer streets but rather they are living areas where social contact can occur for those who live nearby. Parents can safely allow children to play near the house without fearing that a car will hit them.
  267. World Voices
    Take action for the environment. Use this tool to instantly put your members in touch with top decision-makers!
  268. Worldwatch
    A nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.
  269. WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature
    world's largest and most experienced independent conservation organization, with around 5 million supporters and a global network of 27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Programme Offices
  270. Wuppertal Institute
    Research and activism in support of climate, environmental and resources issues.

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  271. Yahoo Directory of Auto Free Transportation sites
  272. Yellow Bike Project
    A community project designed to promote human-powered transportation for the central Austin area. They recycle donated bikes, tune them up, and give them a new coat of bright yellow paint. they're free to ride but not to keep.
  273. Young Transnet
    The Young People's Transport Information Network
An additonal list of valuable CFD resources appears on the menu to your left. Click 2001 Partners, Allies, and immediately under you will see the links to the currently active CFD national programs known to us.

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