American Highway Practice And Our Roads
Download American Highway Practice And Our Roads full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free American Highway Practice And Our Roads ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
The American Highway
Author | : William Kaszynski |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780786408221 |
Minnesota-based writer and photographer Kazynski traces the transformation of the US from a network of places connected by rutted wagon trails to a maze of highways connected to other highways. He describes and illustrates road and bridge construction and the new roadside culture that threw up motels, restaurants, gas stations, and scenic perspectives.
Highway Practice in the United States of America
Author | : United States. Public Roads Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
This bulletin has been prepared by the staff of the Public Roads Administration for the use of foreign engineers who come to the United States from all over the world to study and observe highway practice as it has developed in this country, and for other students of highway subjects. The bulletin is divided into four major parts, which report on highway history, administration, and finance; systems and standards; location and design; and construction and maintenance.
Highway Practice in the United States of America
Author | : United States. Public Roads Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
This bulletin has been prepared by the staff of the Public Roads Administration for the use of foreign engineers who come to the United States from all over the world to study and observe highway practice as it has developed in this country, and for other students of highway subjects. The bulletin is divided into four major parts, which report on highway history, administration, and finance; systems and standards; location and design; and construction and maintenance.
Highway Practice in the United States of America
Author | : United States. Public Roads Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
Highway Practice in the United States of America
Author | : Estados Unidos. Public Roads Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Rethinking America's Highways
Author | : Robert W. Poole |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2018-08-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 022655760X |
A transportation expert makes a provocative case for changing the nation’s approach to highways, offering “bold, innovative thinking on infrastructure” (Rick Geddes, Cornell University). Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, with exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America manages its highways. Our twentieth-century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short-changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits. In Rethinking America’s Highways, Poole examines how our current model of state-owned highways came about and why it is failing to satisfy its customers. He argues for a new model that treats highways themselves as public utilities—like electricity, telephones, and water supply. If highways were provided commercially, Poole argues, people would pay for highways based on how much they used, and the companies would issue revenue bonds to invest in facilities people were willing to pay for. Arguing for highway investments to be motivated by economic rather than political factors, this book makes a carefully-reasoned and well-documented case for a new approach to highways.