Reports:

Diaz, Roderick B. "Impacts of Rail Transit On Property Values". APTA 1999 Rapid Transit Conference Proceedings Paper., July 1999.

"Two Roads Diverge: Analyzing Growth Scenarios for the Twin Cities Region." Center for Energy and Environment, Minnesotans for An Energy-Efficient Economy, 1000 Friends of Minnesota, June 1999. http://www.me3.org/sprawl/finalreport.pdf

"Mass Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise." U.S. General Accounting Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, Sept 17, 2001.

National Transportation Statistics 2000 report, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation

Contacts:

Trisha Donaldson--interview
Resident of Hiawatha Neighborhood
Former member of Stop the Reroute and Parks and Rivers

Barabara Jensen--personal communication
Teacher with contacts regarding Highway 55 issues

Relevant Websites:

American Public Transportation Association
http://www.apta.com/

Mission statement: APTA serves and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation, and information sharing to strengthen and expand public transportation.

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

Mission statement: Our mission is to lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality, and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decision making.

Transit for Livable Communities
http://www.tlcminnesota.org/

Mission Statement: To improve the quality of life in Minnesota communities through a balanced transportation system that encourages transit, walking, biking and transit-oriented development.

Metro Council
http://www.metrocouncil.org/

Mission Statement: The mission of the Metropolitan Council is to improve regional competitiveness in the global economy so the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region is one of the best places to live, work, raise a family and do business.

To achieve this the Council:

• Provides tools and support to cities to help them build livable communities with a high quality of life.
• Provides high-quality, cost-effective services across the region
• Builds support among the public and decision-makers for initiatives and solutions that benefit the region
• Aligns regional policies and resources to help manage growth in smarter ways and achieve a globally competitive regional economy.

Metro Council website on their project Smart Growth, a component of Blueprint 2030, a vision and action plan for overall growth and investment strategy for the Twin Cities metropolitan area
http://www.metrocouncil.org/mnsmartgrowth/index2.htm

Minnesota Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/

Mission Statement: To develop a coordinated transportation network
that allows people and goods to move efficiently across the state. Through such a network Mn/DOT preserves, manages and improves the state’s highway, transit, air, rail, waterway, bicycle, pedestrian and non-travel alternative systems and supports connections among all these transportation options.

Twin Cities Free Net (2001)
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/

Downtown Dallas (Central Dallas Association, 2001)
http://www.downtowndallas.com/main.htm

Updates to "The Vanishing Automobile"
Author: Randal O'Toole
Publisher: The Thoreau Institute
http://www.ti.org/vaupdates.html

Public Purpose (2002)
http://www.publicpurpose.com

Light Rail Transit Association (2002)
http://www.lrta.org

The Austin Chronicle (2002)
http://www.austinchronicle.com/

Light Rail Now! (2001)
http://www.lightrailnow.org

The New Electric Railway Journal (2002)
Free Congress Foundation
Daniel G. Jennings
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/ 2000-10-06/cols_postmarks.html

Labor Advocate Online (2001)
"It's Not About Transit"
http://www.kclabor.org/its_not_about_transit.htm

History of Camp Coldwater--exhibit by a University of Minnesota professor
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~white067/

The Preserve Camp Coldwater Coalition
http://www.preservecampcoldwater.org/index.htm

Coverage of the site's legal protection status by Minnesota Public Radio
http://news.mpr.org/features/200202/06_losurem_spring/index.shtml

A press release from the Minnehaha watershed district concerning reduced flow in Coldwater Springs
http://www.minnehahacreek.org/press_releases/PR/pr020205.htm

The Department of Transportation's views concerning the Hiawatha Corridor Project
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/construction/hwy55/55faq.html

Light Rail in Minneapolis: A Bridge to Nowhere
Presentation by Wendell Cox
26 May, 1998
http://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-mspsp.htm

Responding to Wendell Cox, August 2000
G.B. Arrington, Parson Brinkerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.
http://www.cfte.org/images/response_cox.pdf

Easing the Burden: A Companion Analysis of the Texas Transportation Institute's Congestion Study
Surface Transportation Policy Project
May 2001
http://www.transact.org/Reports/tti2001/default.htm