Freeway

Freeway
Author: Mike Foster
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781532308154

The Folklore of the Freeway

The Folklore of the Freeway
Author: Eric Avila
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: ARCHITECTURE
ISBN: 9780816680733

The works of Chicanas and other women of color--from the commemorative poetry of Patricia Preciado Martin and Lorna Dee Cervantes to the fiction of Helena Maria Viramontes to the underpass murals of Judy Baca--expose highway construction as not only a racist but also a sexist enterprise. In colorful paintings, East Los Angeles artists such as David Botello, Carlos Almaraz, and Frank Romero satirize, criticize, and aestheticize the structure of the freeway. Local artists paint murals on the concrete piers of a highway interchange in San Diego's Chicano Park. The Rondo Days Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Black Archives, History, and Research Foundation in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami preserve and celebrate the memories of historic African American communities lost to the freeway.Bringing such efforts to the fore in the story of the freeway revolt, The Folklore of the Freeway moves beyond a simplistic narrative of victimization.

L. A. Freeway

L. A. Freeway
Author: David Brodsly
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780520045460

Technical Indicators and Safety Design of Freeway in High Altitude Area

Technical Indicators and Safety Design of Freeway in High Altitude Area
Author: Jianbei Liu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2023-06-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9819906202

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has many special characteristics, such as low pressure and hypoxia, complex geological conditions, fragile ecological environment, and various bad weather conditions, which exerts a negative effect on highway construction and traffic safety. It is a huge challenge to build a safe and environment-friendly highway on the Tibetan Plateau due to lacking of mature experience around the world. Therefore, this book was supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program: highway construction technology in high altitude and cold regions to research the critical indicators and technologies. This book focuses on the driving behavior and typical vehicle characteristics in the high altitude area to put forward a series of geometrical indicators and traffic safety improvement measures, based on a great number of ground tests. Moreover, the relative achievements were applied to the demonstration project and validate the feasibility of indicators and countermeasures. It is of practical and leading significance for highway construction and improving the traffic level in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Urban Freeway Surveillance and Control

Urban Freeway Surveillance and Control
Author: Paul F. Everall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1972
Genre: Electronic traffic controls
ISBN:

Describes freeway conditions which are subject to improvement by means of electronic surveillance and control. Ramp metering is presented along with a benefit-cost analysis of its effectiveness.