Highways: Construction, Management, and Maintenance (Transportation Infrastructure-Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1617288624 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 182 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The steep rise in road mobility that has taken place during the last decades has resulted in some negative effects that are relevant from a social and economic point of view, such as accidents, congestion, and air pollution. This book 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.. Among these improvements are Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), or digital road maps, which are based on electronics, control and telecommunications. Solutions to mitigate these effects have resulted in improvements in vehicles, infrastructure, and planning
The TITLE does not represent the CONTENT at all marstf I was looking for a book that presented the basics of "Construction, Management and Maintenance" of Highways, exactly as book's title.At the time of purchase, there was not the "Look inside" option to check if the contents match the title, neither a good description abou the book.For my disappointment, the book is a compilation of some point of views around the Highway subject, but it is not a reference book where you could learn about Highway's "Construction, Management and Maintenance".I'm not criticizing the articles, maybe they might be good. The issue is that there is no good