Reports.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

Permanent International Association of Road Congresses.

Conference Name:

International Road Congress (6th : 1930 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Congresses.

Roads.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

69 pamphlets. : illustrations, tables, diagrams ; 23-25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], [1930]

Contents:

1st section: Construction and maintenance. 1. Results obtained by the use of: (A) cement (B) bricks or other artificial paving. 1-A; 1-C; 1-E; 1-G; 1-H; 1-J; 1-K; 1-M; 1-N; 1-O; 1-Q; 1-R; 1-S. 13 pamphlets. 2. The most recent methods adopted for the use of tar, bitumen, and asphalt in road construction. 2-A; 2-C; 2-E; 2-G; 2-H; 2-J; 2-K; 2-M; 2-N; 2-O; 2-P; 2-R; 2-S. 13 pamphlets. 3. The construction of roads in new countries, such as colonies and undeveloped regions. 3-A; 3-B; 3-D; 3-H; 3-I; 3-J; 3-K; 3-N; 3-O; 3-P; 3-Q; 3-R. 12 pamphlets. 2d section: Traffic and administration. 4. Ways and means of financing highways (A) road construction (B) maintenance. 4-A; 4-E; 4-G; 4-H; 4-J; 4-K; 4-M; 4-N; 4-0; 4-P; 4-R. 11 pamphlets. 5. Highway transport: correlation and coordination with other methods of transport; adaptation to collective (organizations) and individual uses. 5-A; 5-H; 5-J; 5-K; 5-N; 5-P; 5-S; 5-T. 8 pamphlets. 6. Traffic regulation in large cities and their suburbs; traffic signals; design and layout of roads and adaptation to traffic requirements in built-up areas.

Parking and garaging of vehicles. 6-A; 6-B; 6-C; 6-E; 6-H; 6-J; 6-K; 6-N; 6-Q; 6-R; 6-S; 6-T. 12 pamphlets.

Notes:

Issued in portfolio with title: Permanent International Association of Road Congresses. Sixth congress, Washington, 1930. Reports.

Sixty-nine reports, printed in advance, were submitted to the congress; they are designated by a number indicating the question on which the report is written and a letter indicating the country of the author (cf. Proceedings of the congress, p. 1, 9) The letters apply to the following countries: A, Germany; B, Argentine Republic; C, Belgium; D, Cuba; E, Denmark; G, Spain; H, United States; I, Finland; J, France; K, Great Britain; M, Irish Free State; N, Italy; O, Holland; P, Siam; Q, Poland; R, Sweden; S, Switzerland; T, Czechoslovakia.

OCLC:

2884180