Highways : construction, management, and maintenance / Samantha R. Jones, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Samantha R.

Series:

Transportation infrastructure-- roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Design and construction.

Roads.

Roads--Design and construction--Management.

Roads--Maintenance and repair.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publisher's, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses highway construction financing; the balanced vehicular traffic model that describes traffic flow on highways; non-drivers as road users; and, road engineering and public-private partnerships in highway and transit infrastructure building.

Contents:

""HIGHWAYS: CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE ""; ""HIGHWAYS: CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Role of Digital Road Maps in the Future""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Applications: Systems and Services""; ""2.1. Intelligent Transport Systems""; ""2.2. Use of digital maps in Intelligent Transport Systems and Services""; ""2.3. Assistance and Safety Systems""; ""2.3.1. Navigation Systems""; ""2.3.2. Intelligent Navigation Systems""; ""2.3.3. Onboard Traffic Signs Information""; ""2.3.4. Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) Systems""

""2.3.5. Curve Speed Warning Systems (CSWS)""; ""2.3.6. Fuel Consumption Optimization Considering the Following Stretches of Road""; ""2.3.7. Adaptive Cruise Control""; ""2.3.8. Lane Departure Warning System""; ""2.3.9. Intelligent Lighting System""; ""2.3.10. E-Call""; ""2.3.11. Autonomous Driving""; ""2.3.12. Cooperative Systems""; ""2.4. Centralized Management Services""; ""2.4.1. Traffic Monitoring and Management""; ""2.4.2. Commercial Vehicles Fleet Control""; ""2.4.3. Public Transport Fleet Control""; ""3. Detail and Accuracy Requirements""

""3.1. Specifications of Digital Maps and Positioning Systems""; ""3.2. Map-Matching Algorithms""; ""4. Developing and Updating Digital Maps""; ""4.1. Development and Updating Levels""; ""4.2. Means of Developing Digital Maps""; ""4.3. Effort to Develop Digital Maps""; ""4.4. Digital Map Updating""; ""4.5. Data Quality Measures""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Financing Highway Construction: Revolving Loan Systems as PAY-AS-YOU-USE""; ""Abstract""; ""Fiscal Stringencies and National Highway Systems""; ""State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) Programs""

""Revolving Loan Systems (RLS) as PAY-AS-YOU-USE""; ""Mechanisms Of Revolving Loan Systems (RLS)""; ""Parameters Maximizing RLS Loans""; ""Suggestions For Successful Implementation Of Rls Programs""; ""Minimizing Stimulating Unnecessary Investment Projects""; ""Maximizing Marketing of RLS Programs""; ""Assessing Project and Credit Capacities of Borrowing Entities""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Balanced Vehicular Traffic Model""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The Fundamental Diagram in Macroscopic Traffic Models""; ""Balanced Vehicular Traffic""

""The Balanced Vehicular Traffic Model and Three-Phase Traffic Theory""; ""Application to Traffic Networks""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Non-Driver Understanding of Traffic Signs""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Method""; ""Participants""; ""Traffic Signs""; ""Procedure""; ""Results""; ""Comprehension Score""; ""Sign Awareness""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Mitigation Measures to Reduce""; ""Impacts on Biodiversity""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Main Effects of Highways on Terrestrial Vertebrates""; ""Road Mortality""; ""Barrier Effects""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61324-591-2

OCLC:

923657549