Sustainable Highways
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Author | : Simon Ofori Ametepey |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2023-11-17 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1837538123 |
The authors offer road infrastructure stakeholders with a precise and functional tool that promotes collaboration, common language and comprehension, engagement and interaction among all individuals and institutions involved in sustainable road infrastructure project implementation.
Author | : Josias Zietsman |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0309213657 |
CD-ROM has title: Compendium of performance measures for NCHRP report 708 : a guidebook for sustainability performance measurement for transportation agencies.
Author | : James L. Sipes |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781610913584 |
Roads and parking lots in the United States cover more ground than the entire state of Georgia. And while proponents of sustainable transit often focus on getting people off the roads, they will remain at the heart of our transportation systems for the foreseeable future. In Creating Green Roadways, James and Matthew Sipes demonstrate that roads don’t have to be the enemy of sustainability: they can be designed to minimally impact the environment while improving quality of life. The authors examine traditional, utilitarian methods of transportation planning that have resulted in a host of negative impacts: from urban sprawl and congestion to loss of community identity and excess air and water pollution. They offer a better approach—one that blends form and function. Creating Green Roadways covers topics including transportation policy, the basics of green road design, including an examination of complete streets, public involvement, road ecology, and the economics of sustainable roads. Case studies from metropolitan, suburban, and rural transportation projects around the country, along with numerous photographs, illustrate what makes a project successful. The need for this information has never been greater, as more than thirty percent of America’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition, more than a quarter of the nation’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, and congestion in communities of all sizes has never been worse. Creating Green Roadways offers a practical strategy for rethinking how we design, plan, and maintain our transportation infrastructure.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation |
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Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Electronic government information |
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Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Highway research |
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Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Sustainable development |
ISBN | : 0309094186 |
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Highway research |
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Author | : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Highway Subcommittee on Design |
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Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Landscape architecture |
ISBN | : 9781560510093 |
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.
Author | : Xianming Shi |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2018-08-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1119185068 |
The first and only comprehensive guide to best practices in winter road operations Winter maintenance operations are essential to ensure the safety, mobility, and productivity of transportation systems, especially in cold-weather climates, and responsible agencies are continually challenged to provide a high level of service in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner. Sustainable Winter Road Operations bridges the knowledge gaps, providing the first up-to-date, authoritative, single-source overview and guide to best practices in winter road operations that considers the triple bottom line of sustainability. With contributions from experts in the field from around the world, this book takes a holistic approach to the subject. The authors address the many negative impacts on regional economies and the environment of poorly planned and inadequate winter road operations, and they make a strong case for the myriad benefits of environmentally sustainable concepts and practices. Best practice applications of materials, processes, equipment, and associated technologies and how they can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of winter operations, optimize materials usage, and minimize cost, corrosion, and environmental impacts are all covered in depth. Provides the first up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive overview of best practices in sustainable winter road operations currently in use around the world Covers materials, processes, equipment, and associated technologies for sustainable winter road operations Brings together contributions by an international all-star team of experts with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing sustainable winter road operations Designed to bring professionals involved in transportation and highway maintenance and control up to speed with current best practice Sustainable Winter Road Operations is essential reading for maintenance professionals dealing with snow and ice control operations on highways, motorways and local roads. It is a valuable source of information and guidance for decision makers, researchers, and engineers in transportation engineering involved in transportation and highway maintenance. And it is an ideal textbook for advanced-level courses in transportation engineering.