Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385479010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Third Annual Convention of the American Board of Transportation and Commerce, Held at the Grand Pacific Hotel, December 15th, 16th, 17th, 1875
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385479010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Miscellaneous Pamphlets on Marketing
Author: The Granger Movement
Author: Solon Justus BuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Public Works
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
A Study of Airspace Utilization
Author: Real Estate Research CorporationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Steam City
Author: David SchleyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022672039X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Anyone interested in the rise of American corporate capitalism should look to the streets of Baltimore. There, in 1827, citizens launched a bold new venture: a “rail-road” that would link their city with the fertile Ohio River Valley. They dubbed this company the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), and they conceived of it as a public undertaking—an urban improvement, albeit one that would stretch hundreds of miles beyond the city limits. Steam City tells the story of corporate capitalism starting from the street and moving outward, looking at how the rise of the railroad altered the fabric of everyday life in the United States. The B&O’s founders believed that their new line would remap American economic geography, but no one imagined that the railroad would also dramatically reshape the spaces of its terminal city. As railroad executives wrangled with city officials over their use of urban space, they formulated new ideas about the boundaries between public good and private profit. Ultimately, they reinvented the B&O as a private enterprise, unmoored to its home city. This bold reconception had implications not only for the people of Baltimore, but for the railroad industry as a whole. As David Schley shows here, privatizing the B&O helped set the stage for the rise of the corporation as a major force in the post-Civil War economy. ?Steam City examines how the birth and spread of the American railroad—which brought rapid communications, fossil fuels, and new modes of corporate organization to the city—changed how people worked, where they lived, even how they crossed the street. As Schley makes clear, we still live with the consequences of this spatial and economic order today.
American Aviation Daily
Author: Where the Weather Meets the Road
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166578
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freezing rain, and other weather conditions can impair the ability of drivers to operate their vehicles safely, significantly reduce roadway capacity, and dramatically increase travel times. Multiple roadway activities, from roadway maintenance and construction to shipping, transit, and police operations, are directly affected by inclement weather. Some road weather information is available to users currently, however a disconnect remains between current research and operations, and additional research could yield important safety and economic improvements for roadway users. Meteorology, roadway technology, and vehicle systems have evolved to the point where users could be provided with better road weather information through modern information technologies. The combination of these technologies has the potential to significantly increase the efficiency of roadway operations, road capacity, and road safety. Where the Weather Meets the Road provides a roadmap for moving these concepts to reality.
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