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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Your State Highway System and Its Future
Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee for a Study of the Future Interstate Highway System
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ISBN: 9780309487559
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. The report of the study committee suggests a path forward to meet the growing and shifting demands of the 21st century. The prospect of an aging and worn Interstate System that operates unreliably is concerning in the face of a vehicle fleet that continues to transform as the 21st century progresses and the vulnerabilities due to climate change place new demands on the country’s transportation infrastructure. View the videos, recorded webcast, graphics, summary booklet, press release, and highlights page at interstate.trb.org.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309487559
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. The report of the study committee suggests a path forward to meet the growing and shifting demands of the 21st century. The prospect of an aging and worn Interstate System that operates unreliably is concerning in the face of a vehicle fleet that continues to transform as the 21st century progresses and the vulnerabilities due to climate change place new demands on the country’s transportation infrastructure. View the videos, recorded webcast, graphics, summary booklet, press release, and highlights page at interstate.trb.org.
A Federal Highway Program for the Future
Author: American Road & Transportation Builders Association
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Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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A Road Policy for the Future
Author: Gabriel Roth
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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With the Interstate Highway System now almost complete, is it time for the federal government to remove itself from roadway funding? Both technological and political factors in the twenty-first century open the possibility that road finance will become a function of local and private suppliers. The federal role, in turn, would be confined to setting maintenance and safety standards, research, and other functions appropriate for the federal level. That would enable road financing to reflect more closely the wishes of road users and allow them, with the aid of appropriate technology, and even without "state guidance," to obtain the road services for which they are prepared to pay.
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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With the Interstate Highway System now almost complete, is it time for the federal government to remove itself from roadway funding? Both technological and political factors in the twenty-first century open the possibility that road finance will become a function of local and private suppliers. The federal role, in turn, would be confined to setting maintenance and safety standards, research, and other functions appropriate for the federal level. That would enable road financing to reflect more closely the wishes of road users and allow them, with the aid of appropriate technology, and even without "state guidance," to obtain the road services for which they are prepared to pay.
Basic Concepts for the Development of the State Highway Plan
Author: Wyoming. State Highway Department
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
National Highway System
Author: Kenneth M. Mead
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Category : Transportation and state
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Transportation and state
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Highway Infrastructure
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289070205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Interstate Highway System has become central to transportation in the United States. It extends over 46,000 miles in length and includes 210,000 lane miles. The System carries over 24 percent of all vehicle miles traveling in the nation, while making up just 2.5 percent of total lane miles. Funding for the Interstate Highway System has been a major part of total highway funding since 1954 when interstate highway construction began. From 1954 through 2001, federal funding for interstates total over $370 billion (2001 dollars)--46 percent of all apportionments administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) during this period. Congestion on interstate highways has increased over the last decade; the physical condition of interstate highways has generally improved, and the level of safety has remained steady. Some of the factors states expect to negatively affect the conditions of their interstate highways in the future include increases in passenger and freight traffic, aging infrastructure, and financial constraints. FHWA's estimates of future annual interstate highway investment requirements vary depending on the goal transportation officials have for performance of the interstate system. In 2000, GAO evaluated the model that FHWA uses to forecast interstate and other highways' pavement preservation and highway capacity requirements and found that this model can be useful as a general guide for assessing relative investment requirements over time. However, the model has some limitations; it does not fully account for uncertainties associated with its method, data, and assumptions.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289070205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Interstate Highway System has become central to transportation in the United States. It extends over 46,000 miles in length and includes 210,000 lane miles. The System carries over 24 percent of all vehicle miles traveling in the nation, while making up just 2.5 percent of total lane miles. Funding for the Interstate Highway System has been a major part of total highway funding since 1954 when interstate highway construction began. From 1954 through 2001, federal funding for interstates total over $370 billion (2001 dollars)--46 percent of all apportionments administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) during this period. Congestion on interstate highways has increased over the last decade; the physical condition of interstate highways has generally improved, and the level of safety has remained steady. Some of the factors states expect to negatively affect the conditions of their interstate highways in the future include increases in passenger and freight traffic, aging infrastructure, and financial constraints. FHWA's estimates of future annual interstate highway investment requirements vary depending on the goal transportation officials have for performance of the interstate system. In 2000, GAO evaluated the model that FHWA uses to forecast interstate and other highways' pavement preservation and highway capacity requirements and found that this model can be useful as a general guide for assessing relative investment requirements over time. However, the model has some limitations; it does not fully account for uncertainties associated with its method, data, and assumptions.
The Road Taken
Author: Henry Petroski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632863618
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A renowned historian and engineer explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure. Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system--our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights--all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632863618
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A renowned historian and engineer explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure. Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system--our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights--all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
The Future Highway Transportation System and Society
Author: Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309062183
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The purpose of this study was to provide the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with specific research recommendations designed to develop a better understanding of a broad range of societal, economic, and institutional factors that affect--and are affected by--the nation's highway transportation system. The report is organized in four chapters and six appendices.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309062183
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The purpose of this study was to provide the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with specific research recommendations designed to develop a better understanding of a broad range of societal, economic, and institutional factors that affect--and are affected by--the nation's highway transportation system. The report is organized in four chapters and six appendices.
The National Highway System
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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Category : Interstate Highway System
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Interstate Highway System
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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