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American Public Transportation Association www.apta.com |
"The leading force in advancing public transportation, which serves and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation, and information-sharing to strengthen and expand public transportation." |
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Association canadienne du transport urbain www.cutaactu.ca |
"La voix canadienne du transport urbain." |
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L'Association des propriétaires d'autobus du Québec www.apaq.qc.ca |
Un "association des propriétaires d'autobus du Québec a pour mission de regrouper les entreprises privées oeuvrant dans le transport par autobus." |
| BusWeb www.busweb.com |
"Everything there is to know about buses, coaches and motorcoaches, bus, coach and motorcoach companies, operators and manufacturers, and bus, coach and motorcoach travel." | |
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Canadian Bus Association www.buscanada.ca |
"The voice of the bus industry in Canada at the federal level." Called the Canadian Motor Coach Association until 1984. |
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Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation home.istar.ca/~cthf/ |
A "non-profit group dedicated to preserving Canada's urban transit heritage." Site is updated very infrequently! |
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Canadian Urban Transit Association www.cutaactu.ca |
"Canada's Voice for Urban Transit." |
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Friends of A New Park www.anewpark.ca |
"Information about the rejuvenation of the Wychwood Car Barns park." |
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Light Rail Transit Association www.lrta.org |
"Information and campaigning about better public transport through trams, tramways, streetcars and light rail transit systems." Also joint publishers of the international light rail magazine "Tramways & Urban Transit". |
| Motor Bus Society www.motorbussociety.org |
Nothing but buses here: histories, rosters, photos -- you name it! (Actually, all that stuff is in their monthly magazine, Motor Coach Age. The site itself is somewhat sparse; mostly advertising MCA.) | |
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Motor Coach Canada www.motorcoachcanada.com |
"The national association representing the interests of motor coach tour operators and bus operators supplying scheduled, charter, transit, and tour services." |
| New York City Subway Resources www.nycsubway.org |
A top-notch site covering the subways of not only New York City, but also New York City's buses, and other transit systems in cities around the U.S. and the world. | |
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Ontario Ministry of Transportation Transit Systems in Ontario www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/transit.htm |
The government—what else can you say? But seriously, this page at the Ministry of Transportation's web site has links to most, if not all transit systems in Ontario. |
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Ontario Motor Coach Association www.omca.com |
"A trade association representing the interests of Ontario's Intercity bus industry." |
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Pacific Bus Museum www.pacbus.org |
Among other activities, this group schedules regular excursions aboard restored coaches. |
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Québec Bus Owners' Association www.apaq.qc.ca/english/index.asp |
A non-profit organization founded to work for the promotion and development of bus transport in Québec. |
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Rocket Riders www.rocketriders.org |
"A non-profit citizens advocacy group dedicated to public transit issues in the Greater Toronto Area." |
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Seashore Trolley Museum www.trolleymuseum.org |
Although a streetcar museum, their collection also includes buses and trackless trolleys. |
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Toronto Transportation Society www.TORONTOtransportationsociety.org |
Official site of the TTS, now under new management. |
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Toronto Transportation Society www.geocities.com/ttsonline/ |
(Unofficial site for) "the best enthusiast group devoted to transit in the Greater Toronto Area." |
| Western Transit Society www.western-transit.com |
This group's "main focus is on the collection and publication of news concerning city, suburban and charter operations – bus and rail – in the Western United States." |
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Bytown Railway Society www.ovar.ca/bytown/ | Devoted to railway history, both in the Ottawa area and nationally. Also publishes the Canadian Trackside Guide. |
| Canadian Passenger Rail Services www.cwrr.com/Canpass/canpass.html | Probably the best place on the 'net to obtain information on timetables, and operational and equipment descriptions for all passenger rail services in Canada. | |
| Canadian Rail Operating Rules www.vex.net/~bri/CROR/home.html | Contains (or will contain) different versions of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules. | |
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Canadian Transportation Agency www.cta-otc.gc.ca | The federal agency charged with administering "transportation legislation and government policies to help achieve an efficient and accessible transportation system by education, consultation and essential regulation." |
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CN Lines Special Interest Group www.cnlines.com | "An international self-sustaining operational research and historical society that exclusively focuses on the Canadian National family of railways." |
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CPR diesel locomotive roster www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/topindex.htm | The most comprehensive listing that I've found, and nicely laid out, too. |
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National Model Railroad Association www.nmra.org/htm | The largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading." |
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The Railways of Canada Archives www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/ | A site devoted to "preserving Canadian railway history one fact at a time ..." |
| TrainsCan www.trainscan.com | An "online information resource for the Canadian railway community, providing information on railways and rail-related subjects in Canada." | |
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Transport Canada Rail Safety Directorate www.tc.gc.ca/railway/en/menu.htm | Another federal agency, this one responsible "to develop and administer policies, regulations and services for the best railway transportation system." |
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada www.tsb.gc.ca | "An independent agency ... to advance transportation safety through the investigation of transportation occurrences in [all] modes." |
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Upper Canada Railway Society www.btinternet.com/~ucrs/ | "A volunteer organisation that has regular monthly railfan meetings in Toronto and Hamilton, and offers occasional railway and transit tours and trips." However, from what I've heard recently, it's in the process of imploding. |
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West Coast Railway Association www.wcra.org | Dedicated to preserving Canada's railway heritage, particularly from British Columbia and the West. |
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AeroTransport Data Bank www.aerotransport.org |
"Management & history of air transport aircraft, worldwide, since 1930." Includes information on over 148,000 aircraft used by more than 8,000 operators. (Some information is available to members only.) |
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