Global Street Design Guide

Global Street Design Guide
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 425
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ISBN-10 : 9781610917018
ISBN-13 : 1610917014
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Street Design Guide by : Global Designing Cities Initiative

The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets to include: access, safety, mobility for all users, environmental quality, economic benefit, public health, and overall quality of life. The first-ever worldwide standards for designing city streets and prioritizing safety, pedestrians, transit, and sustainable mobility are presented in the guide. Participating experts from global cities have helped to develop the principles that organize the guide. The Global Street Design Guide builds off the successful tools and tactics defined in NACTO's Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide while addressing a variety of street typologies and design elements found in various contexts around the world.

Gravel Roads

Gravel Roads
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000080360005
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Gravel Roads by : Ken Skorseth

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

Transit Street Design Guide

Transit Street Design Guide
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781610917476
ISBN-13 : 1610917472
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Transit Street Design Guide by : National Association of City Transportation Officials

"The Transit Street Design Guide sets a new vision for how cities can harness the immense potential of transit to create active and efficient streets in neighborhoods and downtowns alike. Building on the Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide, the Transit Street Design Guide details how reliable public transportation depends on a commitment to transit at every level of design. Developed through a new peer network of NACTO members and transit agency partners, the Guide provides street transportation departments, transit operating agencies, leaders, and practitioners with the tools to actively prioritize transit on the street."--Site Web de NACTO.

The Road Taken

The Road Taken
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781632863614
ISBN-13 : 1632863618
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Road Taken by : Henry Petroski

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.

Construction Law Handbook

Construction Law Handbook
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Publisher : Thomas Telford
Total Pages : 904
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0727728830
ISBN-13 : 9780727728838
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Construction Law Handbook by :

- The planning system - Financing the project - Public sector projects - Public/private sector partnerships - Tender process - The construction contract - Construction insurance - Ways of operating - Working with others - Working internationally - The engineer's appointment - Collateral warranties - Professional indemnity insurance - Copyright and intellectual property - Employment law - Computers and IT - Law of contract - Law of tort - Environmental law - Health and safety law - Insolvency in construction - Administration of claims - Litigation - Arbitration - Adjudication

Traffic Engineering Handbook

Traffic Engineering Handbook
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 688
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ISBN-10 : 9781118762301
ISBN-13 : 1118762304
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Traffic Engineering Handbook by : ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential traffic engineering solutions that this book has maintained for the past 70 years. The updated content reflects changes in key industry standards, and shines a spotlight on the needs of all users, the design of context-sensitive roadways, and the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. Additionally, this resource features a new organizational structure that promotes a more functionally-driven, multimodal approach to planning, designing, and implementing transportation solutions. A branch of civil engineering, traffic engineering concerns the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along roadways. Traffic flow, road geometry, sidewalks, crosswalks, cycle facilities, shared lane markings, traffic signs, traffic lights, and more—all of these elements must be considered when designing public and private sector transportation solutions. Explore the fundamental concepts of traffic engineering as they relate to operation, design, and management Access updated content that reflects changes in key industry-leading resources, such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), AASSHTO Policy on Geometric Design, Highway Safety Manual (HSM), and Americans with Disabilities Act Understand the current state of the traffic engineering field Leverage revised information that homes in on the key topics most relevant to traffic engineering in today's world, such as context-sensitive roadways and sustainable transportation solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is an essential text for public and private sector transportation practitioners, transportation decision makers, public officials, and even upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are studying transportation engineering.

Military Public Works Construction

Military Public Works Construction
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 840
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D02097956V
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Rating : 4/5 (6V Downloads)

Synopsis Military Public Works Construction by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Real Estate and Military Construction

Considers (84) S. 3122, (84) H.R. 9893.

Military Public Works Construction

Military Public Works Construction
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1028
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ISBN-10 : LOC:00113935236
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Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Military Public Works Construction by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services

Role of Giant Corporations

Role of Giant Corporations
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1644
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89061211207
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Role of Giant Corporations by : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly

Considers economic concentration within the U.S. automobile industry and its impact on consumers, competition, and technological progress, and its response to Government regulations.