Rest Area History on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rest-Area-History/159077114112770
Interstate Rest Areas
US Department of
Transportation, State Transportation Websites
http://www.flickr.com/groups/464068@N21/pool/
i5 Highway.com; Interactive
Highway Rest Area Locations Map for Interstate 5
http://www.i5highway.com/interstate_5_oregon/index.html
Links by State
http://www.iowadot.gov/maintenance/internetpages/restareas/restareasposters.htm
Nebraska Interstate-80
Bicentennial Sculpture Project (
http://www.sheldonartgallery.org/education/I-80/works.html
http://www.vvavtsc.com/vvvm.htm
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Abraham-Lincoln-Memorial-Monument.htm
Conferences
2016 National Safety Rest Area Conference
http://www.nsrac2016.com/
2014 National Safety Rest Area Conference
http://www.ncdot.gov/conferences/nsrac/
2010 Motorists Information and Services Association Conference
http://www.misaonline.org/?q=node/84
2008 National Safety Rest
Area Conference
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/partners/nsrac2008/
2006 National Safety Rest
Area Conference
http://maintenance.transportation.org/?siteid=76&pageid=2585
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/restareas/conf.html
Preservation Resources
National Parks Service,
Preservation Brief 36, Protecting Cultural Landscapes
http://www.nps.gov/history/HPS/tps/briefs/brief36.htm
Recent Past Preservation
Network
Society for Commercial
Archeology
Historic Roads
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/histpres/index.asp
Information Regarding Historic Preservation Review
Process for Effects to the
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-4739.htm
http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/histpres/highways_list.asp
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/interstate4fqa.htm
Articles and Blogs
Recharge & Recognize: A Rest Area Prototype for Tomorrow
http://restareathesis.blogspot.com/
Rest Stop – This American Life, NPR
www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=388
For Half of Virginia’s Rest Areas, Its No Go - NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106880794
R.I.P Budget Woes Spell Doom for Roadside Rest Stops
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124656938899088487.html#articleTabs=article
Rest Areas on the Endangered List?
www.examiner.com/x-21505-SF-Road-Trip-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Rest-areas--On-the-endangered-list
Save Texas Roadside Parks
http://savetexasroadsideparks.blogspot.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/counseller.robert/TexasRoadsideParks#
Kansas Safety Rest Areas, The Progress of Rest
Nominate
Your
Do You Have a Favorite Road Trip Rest Stop, NPR's Talk of the Nation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97532815