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Author Sipes, James L.

Title Creating green roadways : integrating cultural, natural, and visual resources into transportation / James L. Sipes and Matthew L. Sipes.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
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Contents Introduction -- Transportation Policies -- Basic Roadway Design -- Design and Planning Process for Green Roadways -- Public Involvement Process -- Green Roadways in Urban Areas -- Green Roadways in Rural and Suburban Areas -- Cultural/Historic/Visual Resources -- Natural Resources/Environmental Sustainability -- Constructing Green Roadways -- Economics of Green Roadways -- Next Steps in Creating Green Roadways.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Roads and parking lots in the United States cover more ground than the entire state of Georgia.
And while proponents of sustainable transit often focus on getting people off the roads, they will remain at the heart of our transportation systems for the foreseeable future.
In Creating Green Roadways, James and Matthew Sipes demonstrate that roads don't have to be the enemy of sustainability: they can be designed to minimally impact the environment while improving quality of life. The authors examine traditional, utilitarian methods of transportation planning that have resulted in a host of negative impacts: from urban sprawl and congestion to loss of community identity and excess air and water pollution.
They offer a better approach--one that blends form and function.
Creating Green Roadways covers topics including transportation policy, the basics of green road design, including an examination of complete streets, public involvement, road ecology, and the economics of sustainable roads.
Case studies from metropolitan, suburban, and rural transportation projects around the country, along with numerous photographs, illustrate what makes a project successful. The need for this information has never been greater, as more than thirty percent of America's major roads are in poor or mediocre condition, more than a quarter of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, and congestion in communities of all sizes has never been worse.
Creating Green Roadways offers a practical strategy for rethinking how we design, plan, and maintain our transportation infrastructure.
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Subject Roads -- Design and construction -- Human factors.
Roads -- Design and construction -- Human factors.
Context sensitive solutions (Transportation)
Context sensitive solutions (Transportation)
Highway planning.
Highway planning.
Ecological landscape design.
Traffic safety.
Ecological landscape design.
Traffic safety.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Highway & Traffic.
Indexed Term geografie
geography
steden
towns
landen
countries
engineering
ontwerp
design
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
milieu
environment
Environmental Sciences (General)
Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Sipes, Matthew L.
Other Form: Print version: 9781610913584 1610913582 (DLC) 2012022226
ISBN 9781597263221 (electronic book)
1597263222 (electronic book)
9781610913584 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1610913582 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781610913751 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1610913752 (paperback ; alkaline paper)