Recreation, Transportation, and Travel 

General Interest

• Arts, Culture, & History
• Buying a Safer Car
• Federal Aviation Administration
• FirstGov for Kids--Recreation
• FirstGov for Kids--Transportation
• Park Net (National Park Service)
• National Scenic Byways (Federal Highway Administration)
• National Traffic and Road Closure Information
• Outdoor Recreation (Department of the Interior)
• Real-time Airport Status
• Recreation.gov recreational opportunities on federal lands (National Park Service)
• Travel and Living Abroad (Department of State)
• Traveler Briefing (Federal Aviation Administration)
• Visit Your Parks Park Guide

Consumer Safety

• Aviation Safety (Federal Aviation Administration)
• Hazardous Materials Safety
• Highway Safety (Federal Highway Administration)
• Motor Carrier Safety Programs
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Railroad Safety (Federal Railroad Administration)
• Recall Database (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• Recreational Boating Safety (U.S. Coast Guard)
• Safety Alerts (U.S. Coast Guard)
• Transit Safety and Security (Federal Transit Administration)

Federal Grants & Welfare Programs

• Coast Guard Grants administers two separate grants programs aimed at recreational boating safety.
• Department of Transportation Acquisition and Grants Homepage
• Federal Transit Administration Grant Program Information
• National Scenic Byways Program Grants & Funding
• National Highway Institute Universities & Grants Program
• Transportation Statistics Research Grants
• Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century provides record levels of investment to continue rebuilding America's highways and transit systems.

Laws, Regulations, & Court Decisions

• Coast Guard Regulatory Homepage
• Federal Aviation Administration Regulatory Documents
• Federal Highway Administration Legislation and Regulations
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations, Rules, and Notices
• Federal Railroad Administration Legislation, Regulations, Orders, and Notices
• National Highway Administration Legislation and Regulations

Research Databases & Publications

• Aviation Accident/Incident Database (National Transportation Safety Board) use to browse NTSB's aviation accident and incident information, count aviation accidents and incidents, read NTSB's determination of probable causes when available, select NTSB accident or incident reports. Includes events that occurred between 1983 and the present.
• Federal Highway Administration Expertise Locator specialists located in the four Resource Centers and other select FHWA offices create a network that is available to serve needs for technical knowledge, customer advice, and training assistance.
• Highway Performance Monitoring System a national highway transportation system data base, it includes limited data on all public roads, more detailed data for a sample of the arterial and collector functional systems, and certain summary information for urbanized, small urban and rural areas.
• Interactive Highway Safety Design Module a road safety evaluation software. Beta testing of IHSDM modules is in progress and public release is scheduled for late 2002.
• National Crash Analysis Center a federally funded research center concentrating on vehicle crash research.
• National Transit Database Provides operational and financial information about the transit industry.
• National Transportation Library
• Reference Guide to State Boating Laws
• Transportation Research Information Service TRIS Online the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation information. It contains almost a half million records of published and ongoing research on all modes and disciplines in transportation.

Statistics

• Aviation Accident Statistics (National Transportation Safety Board)
• Aviation Safety Data (FAA)
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) includes motor vehicle traffic crashes that result in fatality to a vehicle occupant or non-motorist, from injuries resulting from a traffic crash, that occur within 30 days of the crash.
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Data, Analysis, and Statistics
• Federal Railroad Administration Safety Data Online
• Highway Statistics Series
• Intermodal Transportation Database central access point to a broad collection of transportation data. These data have been collected by various agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other federal agencies, such as the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
• Marine and Personnel Casualty Statistics (U.S. Coast Guard)
• National Center for Statistics and Analysis (National Highway Safety Administration)
• Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey serves as the nation's inventory of daily personal travel. It is the only authoritative source of national data on daily trips including purpose of the trip, means of transportation, how long the trip took, day of week and month, number of people on trip, etc.