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Divided Highways
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Author : Tom Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-19
Divided Highways written by Tom Lewis and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-19 with History categories.
"Anyone who has ever driven on a U.S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald’s will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is." – Chicago Tribune "A fascinating work... with a subject central to contemporary life but to which few, if any, have devoted so much thoughtful analysis and good humor." – Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Divided Highways is the best and most important book yet published about how asphalt and concrete have changed the United States. Quite simply, the Interstate Highway System is the longest and largest engineered structure in the history of the world, and it has enormously influenced every aspect of American life. Tom Lewis is an engaging prose stylist with a gift for the telling anecdote and appropriate example."—Kenneth T. Jackson, Harvard Design Magazine "Lewis provides a comprehensive and balanced examination of America’s century-long infatuation with the automobile and the insatiable demands for more and better road systems. He has written a sprightly and richly documented book on a vital subject."—Richard O. Davies, Journal of American History "Lewis describes in a convincing, lively, and well-documented narrative the evolution of America’s roadway system from one of the world’s worst road networks to its best."—John Pucher, Journal of the American Planning Association "This brightly written history of the U.S. federal highway program is like the annual report of a successful company that has had grim second thoughts. The first half recounts progress made, while the second suggests that the good news is not quite what it seems."—Publishers Weekly "Lewis is a very talented and engaging writer, and the tale he tells—the vision for the Interstates, Congressional battles, construction, and the impact of new highways on American life—is important to understanding the shape of the contemporary American landscape."—David Schuyler, Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of the Humanities and American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, author of Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820–1909 In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis offers an encompassing account of highway development in the United States. In the early twentieth century Congress created the Bureau of Public Roads to improve roads and the lives of rural Americans. The Bureau was the forerunner of the Interstate Highway System of 1956, which promoted a technocratic approach to modern road building sometimes at the expense of individual lives, regional characteristics, and the landscape. With thoughtful analysis and engaging prose Lewis charts the development of the Interstate system, including the demographic and economic pressures that influenced its planning and construction and the disputes that pitted individuals and local communities against engineers and federal administrators. This is a story of America’s hopes for its future life and the realities of its present condition. Originally published in 1997, this book is an engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape—and the daily lives of Americans. In this updated edition of Divided Highways, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston’s troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing antipathy for big federal infrastructure projects, and the uncertain economics of highway projects both present and future.
Divided Highways
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Author : Tom Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1999
Divided Highways written by Tom Lewis and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Interstate Highway System categories.
In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis tells the monumental story of the largest engineered structure ever built: the Interstate Highway System. Here is one of the great untold tales of American enterprise, recounted entirely through the stories of the human beings who thought up, mapped out, poured, paved - and tried to stop - the Interstates. Conceived and spearheaded by Thomas "the Chief" MacDonald, the iron-willed bureaucrat from the muddy farmlands of Iowa who rose to unrivaled power, the highway system was propelled forward through the pathbreaking efforts of brilliant engineers, argued over by politicians of every ideological and moral stripe, reviled by the citizens whose lives it devastated, and lauded as the greatest public works project in U.S. history.
Median Cross Section Design For Rural Divided Highways
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Author : Jerry L. Graham (Verkehrsingenieur.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Median Cross Section Design For Rural Divided Highways written by Jerry L. Graham (Verkehrsingenieur.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Express highways categories.
"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 794: Median Cross-Section Design for Rural Divided Highways provides guidelines for designing typical cross-sections for medians on new and existing rural freeways and divided highways."--Publisher's description.
Divided Highways
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Author : Heather Macfarlane
language : en
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Release Date : 2019-06-25
Divided Highways written by Heather Macfarlane and has been published by University of Ottawa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
The road trip genre, well established in the literatures of Canada, is a natural outcome of the nation’s obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines road narratives by Anglo-Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous authors and the sense of place and nationhood in these communities. Geography describes the land, and history peoples it, just as memories connect us to place. This is why road trips are such a feature of writing in Canada, allowing the travellers to claim, at least symbolically, the terrain they have traversed. Macfarlane examines works by a variety of writers from each of these communities, including Gilles Archambault, Jeannette Armstrong, Jill Frayne, Tomson Highway, Claude Jasmin, Robert Kroetsch, Jacques Poulin, Aritha van Herk and Paul Villeneuve, to name but a few. Studying a diversity of road narratives from Anglo-Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous populations not only demonstrates the existence of a very specific road genre, but is also revelatory of very diverse and often conflicting perceptions of nationhood. It is these expressions of sovereignty that are integral to ongoing discussions of reconciliation and decolonization. This book is published in English. - Cet ouvrage étudie l’existence et la tradition du roman de la route au Canada. La géographie décrit le territoire et l’histoire lui insuffle vie, tout comme les souvenirs sont des points d’attache à un lieu donné. Voilà pourquoi les road trips ont une place privilégiée dans l’écriture d’expression anglaise, française et autochtone du Canada : ils permettent aux voyageurs de revendiquer, du moins symboliquement, le terrain qu’ils ont couvert. C’est l’intersection de l’histoire et de la géographie qui confère toute sa signification à un voyage, qui alimente cet esprit des lieux, ou qui permet d’en constater l’absence. Les voyages sont révélateurs des intérêts propres aux trois groupes examinés dans le cadre de cette étude. Le désir, et parfois la nécessité, d’entreprendre un voyage, les compagnons de voyage ainsi que les destinations, de même que l’histoire qui s’écrit au fil des distances parcourues sont autant d’indicateurs de cette notion de l’espace et du concept de nation au sein du pays. Pour illustrer ce phénomène, ce livre examine des oeuvres littéraires d’une gamme d’écrivains anglophones, québécois et autochtones, dont Gilles Archambault, Jeannette Armstrong, Jill Frayne, Tomson Highway, Linda Hogan, Scott Gardiner, Claude Jasmin, Robert Kroetsch, Lee Maracle, Jacques Poulin, Aritha van Herk et Paul Villeneuve. L’approche comparative aux littératures du Canada est le prolongement logique aux études postcoloniales dans la mesure où elle révèle les complexités de même que les spécificités de diverses communautés, contribuant ainsi à une meilleure compréhension de collectivités nationales. Elle propose, en outre, des histoires qui font le contrepoids aux études transnationales. Ce livre est publié en anglais.
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways
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Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways written by United States. National Advisory Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Traffic signs and signals categories.
Median Intersection Design For Rural High Speed Divided Highways
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Author : T. H. Maze
language : en
Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
Release Date : 2010
Median Intersection Design For Rural High Speed Divided Highways written by T. H. Maze and has been published by Transportation Research Board National Research this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This report describes common safety issues at median intersections on rural divided highways and presents innovative geometric and operational treatments for addressing those issues. Ten case studies illustrate how they have been applied in the field. The report includes recommendations for modifications to the AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (Green Book) and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways
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Author : U.S. Department of Transportation
language : en
Publisher: Colchis Books
Release Date : 1974
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways written by U.S. Department of Transportation and has been published by Colchis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or MUTCD, defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all streets and highways. The Manual is important as it provides national traffic control standards for all public roads, and includes traffic signals, signs, roadway stencils, pedestrian crossings, and bicycle and pedestrian treatments. The Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians, being updated this year, is provided leading research information which may, as verified and tested, become standards in the MUTCD in future years. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica}
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A Policy On Geometric Design Of Highways And Streets 2011
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Author : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
language : en
Publisher: AASHTO
Release Date : 2011
A Policy On Geometric Design Of Highways And Streets 2011 written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and has been published by AASHTO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Status Of The Nation S Highways
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Author : United States. Department of Transportation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Status Of The Nation S Highways written by United States. Department of Transportation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Roads categories.
National highway needs report assessing system condition and characteristics, 1970 and 1975.