Download or read book Rethinking America s Highways written by Robert W. Poole and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Securing the U.S. highway infrastructure system is a responsibility shared by fed., state and local gov¿t., and the private sector. Within the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) has primary responsibility for ensuring the security of the sector. This report assesses the progress DHS has made in securing the nation's highway infrastructure. This report addresses the extent to which fed. entities have conducted and coordinated risk assessments; DHS has developed a risk-based strategy; and stakeholders, such as state and local transportation entities, have taken voluntary actions to secure highway infrastructure -- and the degree to which DHS has monitored such actions. Includes recommend. Ill.
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure written by JayEtta Z. Hecker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure and the Economy written by Howard J Shatz and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure. They highlight the connections between highway spending and the economy and then analyze the literature to trace the effects of highway infrastructure on productivity, output, and employment.
Download or read book Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Priorities and Coordination in Highway Infrastructure and Operations Safety and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2008 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB Special Report 292 ... recommends the creation of an independent scientific advisory committee (SAC). The SAC would be charged with development of a transparent process for identifying and prioritizing research needs and opportunities in highway safety, with emphasis on infrastructure and operations, and using the process developed to recommend a national research agenda focused on highway infrastructure and operations safety. The report also explores opportunities to improve the quality of highway safety research." -- publisher's website.
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure Quality Improvements Would Safeguard Billions of Dollars Already Invested written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews States' experiences with using warranties in highway contracts & the factors that promote or discourage the use of such warranties, identify efforts to provide adequate maintenance for federal-aid highways, & identify opportunities for improving states' procedures for selecting pavement designs. 5 charts & tables.
Download or read book Highway infrastructure FHWA s model for estimating highway needs has been modified for statelevel planning written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal and state governments have played a vital role in the nation economy by facilitating the movement of people and goods through significant investments in highways. At the federal level, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) uses a computer model known as the Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS) to estimate the future investment required to maintain and improve the nation highways. DOT reports the results of this analysis to the Congress on a biennial basis. However, state governments make a large number of highway infrastructure investment decisions. States currently use a variety of analytic tools to make these decisions. Interest in using HERS at the state level has grown. Two states Indiana and Oregon are already using customized versions of the model, and in December 2000, FHWA began a pilot project to test its state-level version of HERS, called HERS-ST, with interested states.
Download or read book Highway infrastructure stakeholders views on time to conduct environmental reviews of highway projects report to the Chairman Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure Damage Caused by the 1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin Flooding written by Arthur C. Parola and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Infrastructure Interstate Physical Conditions Have Improved But Congestion and Other Pressures Continue Report to the Chairman Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway infrastructure FHWA s model for estimating highway needs is generally reasonable despite limitations report to Congressional committees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway infrastructure perceptions of stakeholders on approaches to reduce highway project completion time report to the ranking minority member Committee on Environment and Public Works U S Senate written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance Document for Highway Infrastructure Asset Valuation written by Roads Liaison Group and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-07-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document contains guidance on a common framework for the discussion, development and implementation of highway infrastructure asset valuation by local highway authorities in the UK, in line with financial reporting and asset management requirements. Specific guidance is given for roads, segregated footpaths and cycle routes, and the document covers all fixed assets that form an essential part of the highway network, including earthworks and drainage, pavements and verges, fencing, lighting, street furniture, traffic management and communication assets. It sets out a step by step procedure covering asset clarification, data requirements, calculation of Gross Replacement Cost, calculation of depreciation and impairment, reporting and monitoring of asset value; and examples are given in the appendices to illustrate methodology application.
Download or read book The Road Taken written by Henry Petroski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned historian and engineer explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure. Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system--our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights--all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
Download or read book Sustainable Road Infrastructure Technologies and Assessments written by Di Wang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-05-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of sustainable road infrastructures has become an issue of concern to the international community. Road infrastructures require a large amount of non-renewable resources during the construction phase while containing abundant renewable energy resources (e.g. vehicle mechanical energy, internal thermal energy, and surface solar energy) during the operational phase. Therefore, reducing the dependence of road infrastructures on non-renewable resources, upgrading the construction and maintenance levels, improving the recycling level of infrastructure materials, and efficiently harvesting and utilizing clean energy from sustainable road infrastructures are of great significance in alleviating energy problems and promoting sustainable social development.
