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Transportation Organizations

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• Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB)—Search research projects funded by the LRRB, request copies of research reports, and check out current LRRB Activities.
• LTAP Clearinghouse—Directory of LTAP Centers and their web sites; LTAP National Conference program; Clearinghouse activities and products; staff information.
• Mn/DOT Library—A full range of transportation-related reports, books, databases, standards and specifications, and videos. All available for borrowing; many reports available in full text online.
• Mn/DOT Research Services Section—Mn/DOT research reports and products; full text reports since 2000 are online.
• Mn/DOT Office of Materials and Road Research—Contains research on pavements and roads. Mn/PAVE software available for downloading (beta version).
• Mn/DOT Office of Maintenance—Information about the maintenance and preservation of Minnesota highways.
• Mn/DOT State Aid to Local Transportation (SALT)—County State Aid Highway funds, federal aid, state aid plans and bridges, programs, district state aid engineers, and contact information.
• TRIS Online—The Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) is the world's largest online database of reports and journal articles related to transportation. Many resources are available in full-text online.
• TLCat, the Transportation Libraries Catalog (select TLCat)—Online database of the leading transportation libraries. Excellent source for extensive transportation-related research and publications.
• ASCE Civil Engineering Database—Provides access to all of the American Society of Civil Engineers' publications since 1970, over 100,000 bibliographic and abstracted records.

Transportation Organizations

Minnesota

• Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB)—Search research projects funded by the LRRB, request copies of research reports, and check out current LRRB Activities.
• City Engineers Association of Minnesota (CEAM)—Construction specifications; street utility toolkit.
• Minnesota County Engineers Association (MCEA)—Calendar, committees, scholarships.

National

• American Public Works Association—Extensive treatment of APWA's mission, events, services, publications, and educational resources.
• American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)—newsletter; committees; programs; directories; bookstore.
• American Road & Transportation Builders Association—List of state chapter affiliates; events sponsored by ARTBA; favorite links; ARTBA bookstore; press releases.
• American Society of Civil Engineers—ASCE conferences and conventions; publications; section and chapter homepages; continuing education programs.
• Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association—AEMA membership directory; organizational overview; policies and bylaws; meetings; awards; index of member companies.
• Asphalt Institute—Superpave course schedule; staff listing; Superpave centers directory.
• Federal Highway Administration—FHWA publications index; legislation information; program announcements and descriptions.
• Federal Highway Administration Infrastructure Programs—Asset management, bridges, pavements, program administration
• Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network (MTKN)—A network of transportation libraries dedicated to increasing access and expanding knowledge by increasing collaboration between regional transportation libraries and information centers.
• National Association of Cities—Represents more than 5,000 cities, towns, and villages across America.
• National Association of County Engineers (NACE)—Represents county engineers and professional road managers. Offers training and educational resources, including an e-mail alert service.
• National Association of Counties (NACo)—Includes a database of information on counties; and county policies, ordinances, and model programs that can be used as examples for other counties.
• National LTAP Association (NLTAPA)—Association of LTAP and TTAP centers.
• Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP II)— SHRP II is a targeted, short-term, results-oriented program of strategic highway research designed to advance highway performance and safety for U.S. highway users.  SHRP II will concentrate funding and the expertise of some of the best minds in the business on accelerating innovation in highway renewal, safety, reliability, and planning and design.