Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
First National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
First National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Second National Conference on Street and Highway Safety
Author: America's highways, 1776-1976
Author: United States. Federal Highway AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The American City
Author: Arthur Hastings GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Occupant Protection and Automobile Safety in the U.S. since 1900
Author: Roger F WellsPublisher: SAE International
ISBN: 0768076188
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book provides a historical review of safety features appearing on passenger cars that have been produced for sale in the U.S. from 1900 to the present. A main theme throughout is the impact the automobile has made on society, with particular emphasis on accidents and loss of life. Another theme is the technological advances that have contributed to safer driving. Even though the author details the technical details of the major safety-related components of automobiles, the book is written for anyone with an interest in the workings of motor vehicles. Topics include: events driving the implementation of specific safety features government involvement and legislative actions effects of mandated and non-mandated implementation effects of safety technologies on annual passenger deaths technical details of specific innovations development of crash protection testing standards Each of the five chapters covers a different period in the evolution of passenger cars. They include detailed descriptions of technologies and advancements that have directly contributed to the production, operation, and crash-survivability improvements made to automobiles. Also included are commentaries relating to influences of political and industry-driven initiatives, consumer reactions, and apparent effects of these influences on annual fatality rates.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Public Works
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1768
Book Description
The Transportation Research Board, 1920â¬"2020
Author: Sarah Jo PetersonPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309493749
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
In 1920, state highway engineers, federal officials, and experts from academia were among a small group convened by the National Academy of Sciences to confront the problems of the highway. The public was entrusting them with billions of dollars for good roads, and World War I had proved the feasibility of moving freight long distances by truck. But even new highways were crumbling. They turned to research for solutions. The founders of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the generations that followed took on problems such as safety, social equity, and environmental issues. They embraced "total transportation," adapting their highway research model to urban transportation and then applying it to rail, marine, and aviation modes. Today TRB convenes thousands of researchers, practitioners, and administrators every year to advise the government, solve practical problems, foster innovation, and stimulate new research. In The Transportation Research Board, 1920â€"2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited, Sarah Jo Peterson tells the story of how people and institutions created and have continued to shape TRB. In a compelling narrative accompanied by more than 150 images exploring the history of transportation and research, she argues that TRB can be best understood as an infrastructureâ€"one that people purposely designed and devotedly maintained. Despite TRB's institutional complexity, its unique mission, the vast collection of acronyms in its orbit, and the significant changes to the organization in its first 100 years, Dr. Peterson provides a view from 30,000 feet, deftly describing the social, political, and economic context in which transportation (and TRB) functioned. At the same time, she attends to details of the key events, individuals, and human motivations that shaped TRB's evolution. The author's skills as a historian, her experience in the transportation field, and her manifest ability to tell a good story have produced a book that transportation professionals of all stripesâ€"and, for that matter, anyone interested in the history of transportation in the United Statesâ€"should find both engaging and informative and an essential addition to their library.
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
An Evaluation of the Highway Safety Program. A Report to the Congress from the Secretary of Transportation
Author: United States. Department of TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Traffic safety
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description