In order to identify effective policies, the "Meeting of the Minds" team has begun compiling a variety of reports, case studies and "real world" project assessments. In practical terms, how are governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and the private sector adopting sustainable urban development practices and innovative transportation technologies and policies? By sharing these success stories, and the lessons learned, we hope to aid those developing effective solutions within their cities and regions. We welcome your suggestions and submissions of materials to: comments@meeting-minds.org.

WHAT CITIES ARE DOING

Smart Communities Network success stories:
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/transprt/trsstoc.shtml

"Smart Cities", a Curitiba (Brazil) assessment by Tim Campbell, Board Chair of Urban Age Institute:
Accelerating the shift toward more sustainable cities: some thoughts from urban age institute (PDF)

Sustainable Urban Transport Project:
http://www.sutp.org/

"Cities on the Rise: Lessons in Becoming Sustainable" - Urban Age Institute research project funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation:
http://www.urbanage.org/usi/docs/USI_Cities_on_the_Rise.pdf

The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Project Database:
http://cnu.org/search/projects

Clean Air Initiative:
http://www.cleanairnet.org/cai/1403/channel.html

ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES

Eurocities:
http://www.eurocities.org/main.php

CALSTART:
http://www.calstart.org/aboutus/whatisweststart.php?p=aboutus

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy:
http://www.itdp.org/

Intelligent Transportation Society of America:
http://www.itsa.org/

Intelligent Transportation Systems Society:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34363_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

California PATH:
http://www.path.berkeley.edu/

American Planning Association:
www.planning.org

World Association of the Major Metropolises:
www.metropolis.org

Urban Land Institute:
www.uli.org

Rocky Mountain Institute library:
http://rmi.org/sitepages/pid175.php#T0401

Society of Automotive Engineers:
http://www.sae.org/servlets/index

The Centre for Sustainable Transportation:
http://cst.uwinnipeg.ca/index.html

Transport. Research Board:
www.trb.org

World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport:
http://embarq.wri.org/en/About.aspx

Innovative Mobility Research:
http://www.innovativemobility.org

RESEARCH REPORTS

California: Low Carbon Leader (PDF)

New York: Low Carbon Leader (PDF)

Low Carbon Leading Cities (PDF)

Low Carbon Leaders: Transport Briefing (PDF)

PUBLICATIONS AND DATABASES

ACCESS, the official magazine of the University of California Transportation Center:
www.uctc.net/access

Climate Action Team Proposed Early Actions to Mitigate Climate Change in California. Draft for Public Review, California Environmental Protection Agency
April 20, 2007:
http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/reports/2007-04-20_CAT_REPORT.PDF

Tackling Climate Change in the U.S., America Solar Energy Society, January 2007:
http://www.ases.org/climatechange/

Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Volume 1: Nationwide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Summary, Electric Power Research Institute/Natural Resources Defense Council July 2007: http://www.epri-reports.org/PHEV-ExecSum-vol1.pdf

Hybrid Vehicles Gain Traction, April 2006 Scientific American: www.calcars.org/sci-am-romm-frank-apr06.pdf

The Emergence of Hybri Vehicles, June, 2006. Alliance Bernstein: www.calcars.org/alliance-bernstein-hybrids-june06.pdf

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN

Automotive Design and Production:
http://www.autofieldguide.com/index.html

Car Design News:
http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/home/

ONLINE DATABASES AND OTHER RESOURCES

Bureau of Transportation Statistics:
http://www.bts.gov/

Victoria Transport Policy Institute Demand Management (TDM) Online Encyclopedia:
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/

Congestion reduction strategies:
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm96.htm

Sustainable Transport Links:
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/sustran/sustran.html

Sustainable Transportation Resources from the UC Berkeley Transportation Library:
http://www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/newsletter/06-3/resources.php

Traffic calming:
http://www.trafficcalming.org/index.html

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy:
http://www.itdp.org/

Sustainable Transport Magazine:
http://www.itdp.org/ST/

Calcars overview of plug-in hybrid vehicles: www.calcars.org/vehicles.html

Victoria Transport Institute Transportation Demand Management Online Encyclopedia:
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/

World Bank Transport Site:
http://web.worldbank.org/

NREL Hydrogen Fuel Cell Site:
http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/hev/

Environmentally friendly concrete:
http://www.greenhighways.org/dev/Template.cfm?FrontID=5060

Porous pavement:
http://www.stormwatercenter.net/

http://www.carbodydesign.com/

http://www.cardesignonline.com/