General Cultural Resources

Travel

Airlines

• Airport Codes & Links - Directory of US IATA 3-letter codes and links to the airport.
• Airport Directory - Directory of worldwide airports from CheapOair.
• PlaneFinder - Track airplanes currently Overhead.
• AirSafety - Safety records for air travel
• Alaska Airlines - Alaska Airlines
• American Airlines - American Airlines
• Delta Airlines - Delta Airlines
• Hawaiian Airlines - Hawaiian Airlines
• JetBlue - High quality, low cost and on time.
• KLM Airlines - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Southwest Airlines
• SPIRIT - Low fare airline owned by United Airlines.
• United Air Lines
• Yahoo Airlines List

Airline Consolidators

• Airlines of the Web - Reservations (Requires free signup)
• Economy Travel - Serving Humanitarians
• Expedia (Microsoft) - General travel site
• Hotwire - Last minute deals
• KAYAK - "Compare flights from 100s of sites"
• ONE Travel - Reservations (Guest Access allowed, free signup for ticketing)
• Orbitz - Related to Expedia
• Priceline.com - "Name your price or Choose your flights"
• Travelocity - Flight Info, Prices, and Reservations.

Automobiles

• AAA-NY - Automobile club of New York Online.
• Car Rentals - Yahoo Listings
• Driving Directions - Expedia route planner
• Lodging - Yahoo hotel listing
• Road Trip USA Page - A cross-country list of old highways and less-traveled routes.
• Historic Route 66 - Links to sites about Route 66

Buses

• Greyhound - The king of the road.
• Port Authority Bus Terminal - Listing and links - Official PA site.

Hotels

• PopularHotels.com - Selected International Hotels.
• Booking.com - "Best Price Guaranteed".

Pollution

• Scorecard - Any major toxic waste dumps where you are planning to visit?

Subways

• MTA-New York City Transit - Mass Transit Authority of NYC - Maps and schedules.
• New York City Subway Resources - Unofficial NYC Subway site.
• Subway Map
• Subway Navigator -Subways of the World - Maps, etc..

Trains

• Amtrack - Schedules and Reservations
• Trainline - European Train and Bus Reservations

Travel Information

• ATM Locations/Credit Cards
• American Express - Financial Services
• MasterCard ATM Locator - International
• Visa ATM Locator - International
• Currency Conversion
• Oanda Currency Converter - Detailed, comprehensive and includes historical data.
• Xenon Currency Converter - Xenon - Updated daily, fast
• General Travel Tips
• OneBag - How to travel with one carry-on.
• WebFlyer - The Web's Frequent Flier Authority
• Guidebooks
• B&B Channel - Comprehensive information on B&Bs and Inns.
• CIA World Factbook
• Fodors Practical travel guidebooks.
• Frommers - Outspoken Encyclopedia of Travel
• RoughGuides - British no-nonsense insights into 10,000 interesting places.
• Health & Safety
• CDC Health Advisories - Worldwide travel health advisories from the CDC.
• Travel Advisories - U.S. State Department travel warnings.
• Travel Health Information Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians & Clinics.
• Local Events
• CityNet - Information on local events in cities nationwide.
• CitySearch - Information on local events in cities worldwide.
• EventsWorldWide - Arts, Sports, Entertainment and Special Events.
• Maps
• Earth Shots - LandSat Photos From USGS
• ExpediaMaps - Free online maps, address finders and routing.
• GIS Mapping -WWW links to GIS mapping sites. (Hunter)
• Mapping Home Page - USGS Affiliation
• MapsOnUs - Navigation Made Simple ... All Across the United States.
• Hunter College Map Links - Great links.
• MapQuest - How to find anyplace
• Maps - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• US Census Maps - Access to US Census Data
• Time
• WorldClock - Data from Timeanddate.com
• WorldTime - SwissInfo - Links to local clocks aroung the world
• Weather
• Airport Weather - FAA - Air Traffic Control Real-time Status
• ClimateTrend - 90 year summary of temperatures anywher in the World.
• Current Weather - NYC/NOAA - NOAA Weather: Fast and Comprehensive
• Current Weather - NYC/Weather Underground - Local conditions and forcasts
• Current Weather Conditions - National Weather Service - NYC
• Farmingdale, NY
• Newburgh, NY
• Poughkeepsie, NY
• Newark, NJ
• White Plains, NY
• CNN - Weather - CNN Weather: Fast and to the point.
• Forcast Info - NYC - The National Weather Service Forecast Office for NYC.
• Intellicast - "Weather for active lives."
• Maps - IWIN - Interactive Weather Information Network.
• UM Weather - Excellent.
• Weather Channel - Daily Weather Here and Abroad