Highways and Our Environment
Author | : John Robinson |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Robinson |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George R. Chatburn |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2022-01-17 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
This book's main purpose is to sketch briefly the development of the transportation systems of the United States and to indicate their importance and mutual relations. It also presents some practical methods used in the operation of highway transport.
Author | : R M Harrison |
Publisher | : Royal Society of Chemistry |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2017-06-13 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1788011767 |
The first concerns that come to mind in relation to pollution from road vehicles are direct emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic air pollutants. These are, of course, important but the impacts of road traffic are altogether more substantial. This volume of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology Series takes a broader view of the effects on the environment and human health, excluding only injury due to road traffic accidents. By looking across the environmental media, air, water and soil, and taking account also of noise pollution, the volume addresses far more than the conventional atmospheric issues. More importantly, however, it examines present and future vehicle technologies, the implications of more extensive use of batteries in electric vehicles and the consequences of recycling vehicles at the end of use. Finally, examples of life-cycle analysis as applied to road vehicles are reviewed. This book is a comprehensive source of authoritative information for students studying pollution, and for policy-makers concerned with vehicle emissions and road traffic impacts more generally.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Cultural property |
ISBN | : |
The brochure highlights 14 exemplary FHWA and State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) projects across America that are meeting the environmental research challenge and looks at transportation as the provider of pathways to opportunities which strengthen our communities, our quality of life, and our responsibility for sharing the planet. The FHWA's Environmental Research Program and the States'surface and Planning Research program allows transportation decisionmakers to define and shape the research agenda and focus on research that will be immediately useful.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2005-12-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0309164834 |
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Author | : |
Publisher | : AASHTO |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : 1560514027 |
This report is a follow up to AASHTO's 2003 Taking the High Road report, and documents new projects and programs that continue to advance both transportation and environmental stewardship. The report provides important facts on how transportation makes a difference in quality of life through key environmental investments. It demonstrates the numerous ways transportation agencies are increasingly going "above and beyond" to connect and enhance both communities and the environment to make things better than before, not because it is required, but because it is the right thing to do. The successful practices described in this report describe a few of the many ways transportation agencies are advancing toward sustainable transportation. These initiatives are helping transportation agencies bridge the gap and contribute to the environmental, social, and economic well-being of their communities.
Author | : D. J. Coleman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Environmental engineering |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Albert Hyman |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780309068505 |
This synthesis report will be of interest to state, local, and federal agency environmental and maintenance administrators, directors, supervisors, engineers, and scientists. It describes current best management practices (BMPs) for environmental issues related to road and street maintenance. The synthesis documents relevant background and recent information with regard to management practices that can help protect, preserve, or enhance the environment while at the same time allow road maintenance organizations to carry out their fundamental mission of maintenance and repair in a cost-effective manner. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. and Canadian state and local transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search using domestic sources. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes BMPs consisting of broad management approaches applicable to the entire maintenance program or to more than one program area. In addition, BMPs for specific maintenance activities or groups of maintenance activities are included. Finally, BMPs concerning specific environmental issues are discussed.
Author | : United States. Federal Highway Adminstration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |