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People Before Highways
Author | : Karilyn Crockett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : City planning |
ISBN | : 9781625342966 |
Introduction -- People before highways: stopping highways, building a regional social movement -- Battling desires: (re)defining progress -- Groundwork: imagining a highwayless future -- Planning for tomorrow not yesterday: "we were wrong"--New territory--city-making, searching for control -- Making victory stick: new dreams, new plans, new park
Interstate
Author | : Mark H. Rose |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2012-03-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1572337834 |
This new, expanded edition brings the story of the Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways of the highway network destroyed large portions of the nation’s central cities. Mohl and Rose analyze the subsequent urban freeway revolts, when citizen protest groups battled highway builders in San Francisco, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and other cities. Their detailed research in the archival records of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, and promote the devolution of transportation decision making to the state and regional level. They analyze the passage of congressional legislation in the 1990s, especially the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), that initiated a major shift of Highway Trust Fund dollars to mass transit and light rail, as well as to hiking trails and bike lanes. Mohl and Rose conclude with the surprising popularity of the recent freeway teardown movement, an effort to replace deteriorating, environmentally damaging, and sometimes dangerous elevated expressway segments through the inner cities. Sometimes led by former anti-highway activists of the 1960s and 1970s, teardown movements aim to restore the urban street grid, provide space for new streetcar lines, and promote urban revitalization efforts. This revised edition continues to be marked by accessible writing and solid research by two well-known scholars.
Building the American Highway System
Author | : Bruce Edsall Seely |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780877224723 |
America's highways, 1776-1976
Author | : United States. Federal Highway Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Federal-aid Highway Act of 1954
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
The Eisenhower Interstate System
Author | : John Murphy |
Publisher | : Chelsea House |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Examines the construction of the interstate highway system.
The Big Roads
Author | : Earl Swift |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2011-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 054754913X |
Discover the twists and turns of one of America’s great infrastructure projects with this “engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system” (Los Angeles Times). It’s become a part of the landscape that we take for granted, the site of rumbling eighteen-wheelers and roadside rest stops, a familiar route for commuters and vacationing families. But during the twentieth century, the interstate highway system dramatically changed the face of our nation. These interconnected roads—over 47,000 miles of them—are man-made wonders, economic pipelines, agents of sprawl, uniquely American symbols of escape and freedom, and an unrivaled public works accomplishment. Though officially named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, this network of roadways has origins that reach all the way back to the World War I era, and The Big Roads—“the first thorough history of the expressway system” (The Washington Post)—tells the full story of how they came to be. From the speed demon who inspired a primitive web of dirt auto trails to the largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system years before Ike reached the White House to the city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods, this book reveals both the massive scale of this government engineering project, and the individual lives that have been transformed by it. A fast-paced history filled with fascinating detours, “the book is a road geek’s treasure—and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories” (Kirkus Reviews).
Emergency Response Guidebook
Author | : U.S. Department of Transportation |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2013-06-03 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1626363765 |
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Author | : Victor H. Green |
Publisher | : Colchis Books |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.