Author: United States. Bureau of Public RoadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Annual Report on Urban Area Traffic Operations Improvement Programs, Topics
Author: United States. Bureau of Public RoadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Traffic Operations on Urban Motorways in the United States
Author: A. D. MayAssessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309100887
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Laws Relating to Federal Aid in Construction of Roads
Author: Stewardship report on administration of the federal-aid highway program 1972
Author: United States. Federal Highway AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Author: Edward WeinerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313002231
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past 50 years illustrates the changing relationship between federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to the concern for sustainable development and pollution emissions. Focusing on major national events, the book discusses the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The book offers an in-depth look at the most significant event in transportation planning—the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. Creating a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding, this act was crucial in the spread of urban transporation. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. It further illustrates how broader concerns for global climate change and sustainable development have braided the purview of transportation planning.
Operational Impacts of Median Width on Larger Vehicles
Author: Douglas W. HarwoodPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309068659
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
This synthesis report will be of interest to officials and staff of municipal, regional, and statewide transportation agencies responsible for roadway design and traffic control. It will be of special interest to those concerned with intersections and driveways on divided highways where larger vehicles encounter narrow medians. It will also be of interest to other professionals who interact with these agencies to mitigate such problems. This report presents state-of-the-practice information about current median design policies and practices, describes the traffic operational and safety problems encountered in designing for larger vehicles at divided highway intersections, and identifies alternative improvement techniques that can be used in new construction or reconstruction projects to avoid introducing traffic operational and safety problems. This TRB report focuses on 10 alternative cross sections widely used on arterial highways in urban, suburban, and rural environment.
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Author: Edward WeinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway planning
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description