National Highway Program, Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 434
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 434
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ellis L. Armstrong
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Published: 1959
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 416
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommittee Serial No. 84-16.
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Program Coordination Division
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark H. Rose
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 2012-03-30
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1572337834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new, expanded edition brings the story of the Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways of the highway network destroyed large portions of the nation’s central cities. Mohl and Rose analyze the subsequent urban freeway revolts, when citizen protest groups battled highway builders in San Francisco, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and other cities. Their detailed research in the archival records of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, and promote the devolution of transportation decision making to the state and regional level. They analyze the passage of congressional legislation in the 1990s, especially the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), that initiated a major shift of Highway Trust Fund dollars to mass transit and light rail, as well as to hiking trails and bike lanes. Mohl and Rose conclude with the surprising popularity of the recent freeway teardown movement, an effort to replace deteriorating, environmentally damaging, and sometimes dangerous elevated expressway segments through the inner cities. Sometimes led by former anti-highway activists of the 1960s and 1970s, teardown movements aim to restore the urban street grid, provide space for new streetcar lines, and promote urban revitalization efforts. This revised edition continues to be marked by accessible writing and solid research by two well-known scholars.
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 566
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Public Roads Administration
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Published: 1939
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wendell Cox
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-05
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 0788141864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithout a first class system of interstate highways, life in America would be far different -- it would be more risky, less prosperous, & lacking in the efficiency & comfort that Americans now enjoy & take for granted. The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate & Defense Highways, in place & celebrating its 40th anniversary, must surely be the best investment a nation ever made. Consider this: it has saved the lives of at least 187,000 people; it has prevented injuries to nearly 12 million people; it has returned more that $6 in economic productivity for each $1 it cost, & much more. Photos. Charts & tables.