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Download or read book Right of Way written by Angie Schmitt and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.
Download or read book Gravel Roads written by Ken Skorseth and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.
Author :Marc Green Publisher :Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company Incorporated ISBN 13 :9781936360765 Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (67 download)
Book Synopsis Roadway Human Factors by : Marc Green
Download or read book Roadway Human Factors written by Marc Green and published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book's title has two parts, "Roadway Human Factors" and "From Science To Application." The first describes its major goal: to analyze driver behavior, especially the causes and avoidance of collisions. In most general terms, the goal is largely to answer a single question: "Why didn't the driver respond sooner?" The cause of most collisions lies in the answer. The book's perspective is psychological. It views roadway events through the eyes of the driver. This contrasts with the third-party god's eye view that appears in accident reconstruction diagrams and other analyses which are primarily based in physics and cookbook science. Physics cannot be ignored, but roadway events can only be explained by examining driver psychology. Drivers act based on their perceived reality which differs from the physical reality of the accident reconstruction diagram. The second part announces its method: the application of scientific research. Specifically, the science in question is experimental psychology. Much of this book reads like an introductory text on experimental psychology, albeit with a distinctly applied slant. This is necessary. There are frequent misunderstandings about the definition of human factors. It is best described as a branch of experimental psychology. Human factors applies experimental psychology data to guide the design of objects and environments so that they that fit human abilities and are easy and safe to use. This book's underlying thesis is that knowledge of the science is a necessary but not sufficient condition for understanding roadway human factors. The key word in the title is "From" because there is a catch-22. Controlled research has inherent characteristics which differ from real-world conditions. Scientific research is generally conducted in highly simplified and artificial situations with unrepresentative subjects and drivers. Scientific research data cannot then be directly applied to the real-world. The step from science to application is far greater than many imagine, probably because there are so few who are well versed in both. The book also introduces areas of science that are unfamiliar to most who investigate collisions. "Ecological optics" is a discipline of perceptual psychology that is key in understanding vehicle guidance and collision avoidance. "Visual psychophysics" is the psychological science that underlies visibility and all other sensory judgments. "Operant learning" is the psychological science of adaptability and behavior change based on the consequences of action. The book also introduces more specific concepts that are important but seldom figured into collision analysis. These include notions such as affordances and action boundaries, system tolerances, crowding, and response conflicts"--
Download or read book The Road written by Cormac McCarthy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Book Synopsis The Appian Way by : Robert A. Kaster
Download or read book The Appian Way written by Robert A. Kaster and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes travel down the Appian Way while analyzing the meaning of the road in modern and ancient context.
Book Synopsis Instructions for Field Work of the Roadway Branch of the Engineering Section of the Division of Valuation by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Download or read book Instructions for Field Work of the Roadway Branch of the Engineering Section of the Division of Valuation written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Instructions for Field Work of the Roadway Branch of the Engineering Section of the Division of Valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Valuation
Download or read book Instructions for Field Work of the Roadway Branch of the Engineering Section of the Division of Valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Valuation and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Publisher :AASHTO ISBN 13 :156051325X Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (65 download)
Book Synopsis Roadway Lighting Design Guide by : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Download or read book Roadway Lighting Design Guide written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide replaces the 1984 publication entitled An Informational Guide for Roadway Lighting. It has been revised and brought up to date to reflect current practices in roadway lighting. The guide provides a general overview of lighting systems from the point of view of the transportation departments and recommends minimum levels of quality. The guide incorporates the illuminance and luminance design methods, but does not include the small target visibility (STV) method.
Book Synopsis Illinois 2021 Rules of the Road by : State of State of Illinois
Download or read book Illinois 2021 Rules of the Road written by State of State of Illinois and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illinois 2021 Rules of the Road handbook, drive safe!
Book Synopsis The Wind, the Road and the Way by : Jenny L. Cote
Download or read book The Wind, the Road and the Way written by Jenny L. Cote and published by Epic Order of the Seven. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events of Acts 1-18 come to life as God's faithful animal team faces a dark, pagan world riddled with false gods while overseeing the writing of the New Testament.
Book Synopsis Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations by :
Download or read book Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations includes guidance on a cohesive approach to analyzing traffic operations on airport curbside and terminal area roadways. The report examines operational performance measures for airport curbside and terminal area roadway operations and reviews methods of estimating those performance measures. The report includes a quick analysis tool for curbside operations and low-speed roadway weaving area, highlights techniques for estimating traffic volumes, and presents common ways of addressing operational problems. Appendix A, Glossary, to ACRP Report 40 is included in the printed report. Appendices B through G, are available online.
Book Synopsis Contributions of Urban Roadway Usage to Water Pollution by : Donald G. Shaheen
Download or read book Contributions of Urban Roadway Usage to Water Pollution written by Donald G. Shaheen and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Limited Access Roadway Connecting the Proposed SR 21/SR 23 Interchange in Clay County, Eastward Across the St. Johns River to I-95 in St. Johns County by :
Download or read book A Limited Access Roadway Connecting the Proposed SR 21/SR 23 Interchange in Clay County, Eastward Across the St. Johns River to I-95 in St. Johns County written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cross-Base Highway Project, New Roadway Construction Between I-5 at the Thorne Lane Interchange and WA-7 at 176th St. South by :
Download or read book Cross-Base Highway Project, New Roadway Construction Between I-5 at the Thorne Lane Interchange and WA-7 at 176th St. South written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :560 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Roadside Design Guide by : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety
Download or read book Roadside Design Guide written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roadway Design System written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :138 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Belle Fourche Dam and Glando Dam-Reservoir Roadway by : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Download or read book Belle Fourche Dam and Glando Dam-Reservoir Roadway written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
