Reference material
June 13, 2008
Useful websites for figuring stuff out
TRANSIT
State bicycle laws (includes many state vehicle code pointers):
http://www.massbike.org/resourcesnew/bike-law/state-bike-laws/
Rail Transit Worldwide (traffic density and related stats)
National Transportation Statistics
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Education Reform Laws:
http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/603cmr10.html?section=06
MCAS results:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/
Educational profiles (Mass):
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/
TAXES and INCOME
Massachusetts Municpal Actual Revenues and Expenditures
Property taxes:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=dorterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Local+Officials&L2=Municipal+Data+and+Financial+Management&L3=Data+Bank+Reports&sid=Ador&b=terminalcontent&f=dls_mdmstuf_proptax&csid=Ador
A huge dump of data in Excel spreadsheets, allowing historical comparisons between towns on valuations, levy limits, taxes paid, tax rates, and property categories.
Town of Belmont (general) (history pdf)
Inflation data:
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm
Income dispersionm (dead links, need fixing):
Income Inequality (1947-1998)
Historical Income Inequality Tables
Tax information, state comparisons. (look at the left sidebar).
OTHER STATS
Many statistics comparing countries:
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
and states:
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php
Demographic data by zipcode:
http://www.zipskinny.com/
(General) Mass. data bank info (targets some of above):
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=dorsubtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Local+Officials&L2=Municipal+Data+and+Financial+Management&L3=Data+Bank+Reports&sid=Ador
Mass.gov Belmont page:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2localgovccpage&L=1&L0=home&L1=Resident&sid=massgov2&selectCity=Belmont
