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Cornell University Geospatial Data Information Repository, http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/ Description: CUGIR is an active online repository in the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse program. CUGIR provides geospatial data and metadata for New York State, with special emphasis on those natural features relevant to agriculture, ecology, natural resources, and human-environment interactions. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York Cornell University Cornell Local Roads Program, http://www.clrp.cornell.edu/ Description: The Cornell Local Roads Program LTAP Center provides training, technical assistance, and information to municipal officials and employees responsible for the maintenance, construction, and management of local highways and bridges in New York State. It is one of 57 Centers established under the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) of the Federal Highway Administration. Topics: Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Community Mapping Assistance Project CMAP, http://www.cmap.nypirg.org/ Description: CMAP offers a host of mapping-related services to nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sector groups. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Bureau, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/pubtrans/bphome.html Description: Providing information to bicyclists, pedestrians and those who share our roads with them. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Department of Transportation Context Sensitive Solutions, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/design/css/css.html Description: Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) is a philosophy wherein safe transportation solutions are designed in harmony with the community. CSS strives to balance environmental, scenic, aesthetic, cultural and natural resources, as well as community and transportation service needs. Context sensitive projects recognize community goals, and are designed, built and maintained to be sustainable while minimizing disruption to the community and the environment. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Department of Transportation Environmental Analysis Bureau, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/eab.html Description: It is EAB's mission, in partnership with regional environmental personnel, to provide NYSDOT with leadership, liaison and expertise on environmental matters to promote safe, effective, balanced, environmentally sound transportation services. Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Department of Transportation Historic Bridge Inventory and Management Plan, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/hbridge.html Description: In 1999, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the New York State Historic Preservation Office (NYSHPO), initiated a statewide inventory of historic bridges. The three-year project updates a previous inventory of pre-1925 bridges conducted in the 1980s. Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Division of Administrative Rules NY Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations, http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/oiswww.html Description: Directions on how to get ahold of this 82 volume loose-leaf publication containing all rules and regulations adopted by state agencies, miscellaneous boards and authorities and the Judiciary. The NYCRR and supplementation of new and amended pages is available from Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, a member of the West Group, at 1-800-344-5009 and is currently not available online. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page East Coast Greenway East Coast Greenway, http://www.greenway.org/ Description: The East Coast Greenway will be the nation's first long-distance, city-to-city, multi-modal transportation corridor for cyclists, hikers, and other non-motorized users. Our goal is to connect existing and planned trails that are locally owned and managed to form a continuous, safe, green route -- easily identified by the public through signage, maps, users guides, and common services. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Hudson River Valley Greenway Hudson River Valley Greenway, http://www.hudsongreenway.state.ny.us/index.htm Description: The Hudson River Valley Greenway is an innovative state sponsored program created to facilitate the development of a voluntary regional strategy for preserving scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources while encouraging compatible economic development and maintaining the tradition of home rule for land use decision-making. Through voluntary participation in the Greenway community planning program, communities in thirteen counties in the Hudson River Valley can receive technical assistance and funding for local land use planning projects which support the goals of the Greenway program. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York Hudson River Watertrail Association Hudson River Watertrail Association, http://www.hrwa.org/index.html Description: The Hudson River Watertrail Association is a coalition of small boaters, primarily human and wind powered, who are actively interested in the Hudson River as a treasure of natural and human history. The HRWA was formed in 1992 as an all-volunteer, non-profit environmental and recreational action group, with the specific goal of building a river trail from the Atlantic Ocean to Canada and promoting a low impact approach to the river. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Lake Champlain Basin Program About the Lake Champlain Basin Program, http://www.anr.state.vt.us/champ/lcbpsumr.htm Description: The LCBP works in partnership with government agencies from New York, Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals to coordinate and fund efforts which benefit the Lake Champlain Basin's water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont Return to top of page Lake Champlain Bikeways Lake Champlain Bikeways, http://www.champlainbikeways.org/ Description: With growing national interest in bicycle tourism, Lake Champlain Bikeways, a public/private partnership, is quickly expanding its bicycle route network while serving as the information clearinghouse on bicycling opportunities in the Champlain Valley. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont Long Island Progressive Coalition Long Island Progressive Coalition, http://www.lipc.org/index800x600.html Description: The Long Island Progressive Coalition is a community-based organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development, revitalizing local communities, enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy, and achieving economic and social justice. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York New York Bicycling Coalition New York Bicycling Coalition, http://www.nybc.net/ Description: NYBC's Mission is to provide a coherent, credible voice for the interests of all bicyclists in the state, on- or off-road, recreational or racer. We achieve this by working with existing cycling clubs in New York and interested individuals. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page New York State GIS Clearinghouse NYS GIs Clearinghouse, http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/ Description: The New York State Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse, operated by the New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination, was established to disseminate information about New York's Statewide GIs Coordination Program and to provide access to the New York State GIs Metadata and Data Repository. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York New York State Unified Court System Court Decisions, http://www.nycourts.gov/decisions/index.shtml Description: The Courts in New York State are responsible for handling an ever-increasing number of cases from litigants seeking relief in a wide variety of matters. During the year 2002, the New York Courts issued over 3,500,000 decisions. Many of the New York State Court System's decisions are available online. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Northeast-Midwest Institute Northeast-Midwest Institute, http://www.nemw.org Description: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Recreational Vehicles Unit, http://nysparks.state.ny.us/snow/ Description: Information about snowmobile trail maintenance and development, including grant programs. Topics: Land Preservation, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Orange County Citizens Foundation Orange County Citizens Foundation, http://www.occf-ny.org/ Description: The Orange County Citizens Foundation encourages cooperation and dialogue between Orange County residents, businesses, and government entities to safeguard the County's historic and cultural heritage, to preserve open space, agriculture, clean air and a serene environment, and to encourage improvement in jobs, transportation, parks and recreation and government. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York Parks and Trails New York Parks and Trails New York, http://ptny.logical.net/index3.shtml Description: Parks & Trails New York is a non-governmental, not-for profit, statewide membership organization. Our mission is to work to expand, protect and promote a network of parks, trails and open spaces throughout the state for the use and enjoyment of all. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Regional Plan Association Regional Plan Association, http://www.rpa.org/ Description: Regional Plan Association (RPA) is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization that improves the quality of life and the economic competitiveness of the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region through research, planning, and advocacy. For more than 80 years, RPA has been shaping transportation systems, protecting open spaces, and promoting better community design for the region's continued growth. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York Smart Growth Network New York Smart Growth News Articles, http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NY&res=800 Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Transportation Alternatives Transportation Alternatives, NYC, http://www.transalt.org/ Description: Transportation Alternatives is a 5000-member NYC-area nonprofit citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars. We work for safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Tri-State Transportation Campaign Tri-State Transportation Campaign, http://www.tstc.org/ Description: The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is an alliance of public interest, transit advocacy, planning and environmental organizations working to reverse deepening automobile dependence and sprawl development in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region. Topics: Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York Return to top of page
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