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Transportation Libraries 

An extensive list of Transportation Libraries is maintained by Susan C. Dresley of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and published by the National Transportation Library, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation.  The complete directory lists collection descriptions, contact information and other background.  In general, the largest collections outside the MTA's own can be found at:

Quick links to many other transportation websites and/or libraries are listed below: 

Libraries

Libraries

Alaska Transportation Technology Transfer Center Library

Allison Transmission Library

American Public Transportation Association Information Center

Arizona Transportation Research Center Library

Australian Road Research Board Transport Research Ltd (M G Lay Library)

Association of American Railroads Information Resource Center

Australian Maritime College Library

BART Technical Resources Library

Biblioteca del Departamento de Ingenieria de Transporte, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Bibliotheque/Centre de documentation de l'INRETS (France)

British Columbia Ferry Corporation Library

California Dept. of Transportation (CalTRANS) Library

California State Railroad Museum Library

Canadian Urban Transit Association Library

Center for Transportation Research Library (Texas)

Canada Institute for Science and Technical Information

Colorado Department of Transportation Library

ConnDOT Library and Information Center

CUTR Resource Information Center (University of South Florida Transportation Research)

Delaware Department of Transportation Library

Delft (Netherlands) University of Technology Library

Donald W. Craik Engineering Library (Manitoba, Canada)

Finnish Road Administration Library

Florida Department of Transportation

Florida Department of Transportation

GO Transit Library

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Library (The)

Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley

Illinois Dept. of Transportation, Technical Reference Library

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Iowa Department of Transportation Library

Kentucky Transportation Center Library

King County (Seattle, WA) Transportation and Natural Resources Library

Laboratoire d'Economie des transports (France)

Land Transport Safety Authority Information Centre (New Zealand)

LTK Engineering Services Library

Maine Dept. of Transportation Library

Mariners' Museum Research Library and Archives

Metropolitan Transportation Commission / MTC-ABAG Library (San Francisco, CA)

Michigan Dept. of Transportation Information Services/OIM

Mn/DOT Library

Montana Department of Transportation Library

MTA Bridges and Tunnels Technical Library (New York)

Metropolitan Transit Development Board Library (San Diego, CA)

National Chen Kung University Library

National Railway Historical Society Library

National Safety Council

National Transit Institute, Rutgers University

Nebraska Department of Roads Resource Library

Nevada Department of Transportation Planning Library

New Brunswick Dept. of Transportation Library

New Jersey Dept. of Transportation Research Library

New York State Department of Transportation Transportation Research and Development Bureau Library

Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies (IISTPS)

North Dakota Department of Transportation

Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) Library

Norwegian Public Roads Administration Library

Northwestern University Transportation Library

Ohio Department of Transportation Library

Oklahoma D.O.T. Research Library

Oregon Department of Transportation Library and Information Resource Center

PennDOT Knowledge Center

Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Library

Phoenix Transit/RPTA Library

Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University

Port of Portland Oregon Library

Portland Cement Association Library

Rees Jeffreys Transport Library Imperial College London

Research and Development Library, North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

SAE Library (Society of Automotive Engineers Int'l)

San Francisco Airport Commission Library

San Francisco Municipal Railway Library

Sound Transit Information Center, Seattle Washington

South Carolina Department of Transportation Library

South Coast Area Transit, Oxnard California

South Dakota Department of Transportation Library

State Transportation Library, Massachusetts

Steamship Historical Society Collection at the Univerisity of Baltimore

Swedish National Road Administration Library

Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute. Library and Information Centre, BIC

Technical Resource Center (MTA Harris County, Texas)

Technical Resources Center (Panama Canal Commission)

Tennessee Dept. of Transportation

Texas Transportation Institute Information & Technology Exchange Center

TNO Road-Vehicles Research Institute

Transport Connect

Transport Research Centre Library (Czech Republic)

Transport Research Institute (TRI), Haifa, Israel

Transportation Development Centre Library (Canada)

Transportation Association of Canada

Transportation Research Board Library

Transportation Research Institute, Napier University

Tri-Met Center Street Library

U. S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center

U. S. Department of Transportation. TASC Library

U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Technical Information Services

UITP Documentation Center and Library

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Library

University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center Library

Virginia Transportation Research Council

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Technical Reference Center

Washington State DOT Library

Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library