Infrastructure Costs Attributable to Commercial Vehicles

Infrastructure Costs Attributable to Commercial Vehicles
Author: Maria Boilé
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001
Genre: Commercial vehicles
ISBN:

This report pertains to a comprehensive study on infrastructure costs attributable to heavy vehicles. This study has two primary objectives. The first is to review pertinent literature and determine the availability of methods for allocating roadway maintenance costs to different types of vehicle classes. The second objective is to determine the existence and availability of methodologies to estimate the impact of different types of buses on highway infrastructure.

State Highway Cost Allocation Studies

State Highway Cost Allocation Studies
Author: Patrick Balducci
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2008
Genre: Cost allocation
ISBN: 0309098017

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 378: State Highway Cost Allocation Studies examines the history and evolution of highway cost allocation study practice and explores the current state of the practice"--Publisher's description.

Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement

Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement
Author: Suzann S. Rhodes
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2012
Genre: Consumer behavior
ISBN: 0309213878

Accompanied with a CD-ROM that includes a report and appendices on the process that developed the guidebook, and two PowerPoint presentations with speaker notes that transportation planners may use to help explain how local decision makers might enhance mobility and access for goods movement in their area.

Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Infrastructure Networks

Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Infrastructure Networks
Author: Stefan Rommerskirchen
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In 2000 the Pllmann-Commission of the German Federal Government recommended a fundamental change in infrastructure financing of the German federal trunk roads. Instead of tax based investments, user pays principles should be pursued in future. Since Janu

International Trade and Business Law Review: Volume XI

International Trade and Business Law Review: Volume XI
Author: Gabriel Moens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136025987

The International Trade and Business Law Review publishes leading articles, comments and case notes, as well as book reviews dealing with international trade and business law, arbitration law, foreign law and comparative law. It provides the legal and business communities with information, knowledge and understanding of recent developments in international trade, business and international commercial arbitration. The Review contributes in a scholarly way to the discussion of these developments while being informative and having practical relevance to business people and lawyers. It also devotes a section to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and publishes the memoranda prepared by teams coached by Professor Gabriël A. Moens. The Review is edited at the Murdoch University School of Law in Perth, Australia. The Editors-in-Chief are Mr Roger Jones, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago and Gabriël A. Moens, Dean and Professor of Law, Murdoch Law School. It is an internationally-refereed journal. The Review is supervised by an international board of editors that consists of leading international trade law practitioners and academics from the European Union, the United States, Asia and Australia. The Student Editors for Volume XI are Adam Totaro and Peter Clay from the Murdoch Law School.

Mobility and Traffic in the 21st Century

Mobility and Traffic in the 21st Century
Author: Franz Mayinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662043920

Mobility is a prime need of mankind. It is the basis not only of economical and technical but also of cultural progress. Many questions arise with respect to the development and the problems of mobility in the 21st century. This book presents the results elaborated by a project team consisting of students of the "Bayrische Elite-Akademie". They applied themselves to four main topics: - Bimodal transport system. - Mobility and transport in agglomoration areas. - Analogies of physical and virtual traffic. - How communication technologies influence the future of mobility. The book is of interest to both the industrial and the acadamic community and can also be used by students. It is directed at the group of people interested in future traffic policy in general and in traffic engineering in particular.

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications
Author: Ravi Jain
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400723571

This book examines current issues of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil infrastructure. The contents of this book are divided into two parts. The first part engages topics related to durability and service life of FRP composites and how they contribute to sustainability. The second part highlights implementation and applications of the FRP composites with an emphasis on bridge structures. An introductory chapter provides an overview of FRP composites and its role in a sustainable built environment highlighting the issues of durability and service life followed by a current review of sustainability in infrastructure design.​