Gravel Roads
Gravel Roads

Author: Ken Skorseth

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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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.

Highways
Highways

Author: Samantha R. Jones

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Incorporated

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781617288623

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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. Solutions to mitigate these effects have resulted in improvements in vehicles, infrastructure, and planning. Among these improvements are Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), or digital road maps, which are based on electronics, control and telecommunications. This book discusses highway construction financing; the balanced vehicular traffic model that describes traffic flow on highways; non-drivers as road users; road engineering and public-private partnerships in highway and transit infrastructure building.

Earth Roads
Earth Roads

Author: Jack Hindson

Publisher: Intermediate Technology

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9780903031844

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A practical manual for non-engineers which describes the design and construction of earth roads with a usage of up to 50 vehicles per day. Drainage, road planning, the actual construction and subsequent maintenance operations are all dealt with.

Highway Construction and Maintenance
Highway Construction and Maintenance

Author: J. P. Watson

Publisher: Longman

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 9780582005235

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Roads provide a key element of the infrastructure whose function it is to promote economic activity and improve the standard of living of the population. The highway engineer is concerned with the provision of a safe, stable and durable surface over which traffic may move. engineers and architects involved in highway planning and engineering, looks at the importance of highway construction and maintenance. The text is fully illustrated throughout with diagrams and tables, and the text includes references and further reading lists at the end of each chapter. The topics covered include design codes, highway construction materials, pavement foundation, bases and surfaces, temporary roads, highway drainage and hydraulic design, repair techniques and maintenance.

Guide to Performance-Based Road Maintenance Contracts
Guide to Performance-Based Road Maintenance Contracts

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2018-04-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9292611097

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Road asset management is one of the top priorities of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020. The implementation of performance-based road maintenance contracts (PBCs)—an essential element of road asset management—promotes effective and efficient maintenance of road networks. Well-designed PBCs keep roads in predefined good condition at relatively low cost. This guide aims to help policy makers in CAREC member countries understand and implement PBCs. After a brief history of the development of PBCs, it discusses the various types of PBCs and their relative advantages and disadvantages. It highlights PBC implementation in selected developed, developing, and transitional countries, including CAREC member countries, to illustrate best practices.

Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2006-01-22

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0309100887

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All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance

Author: Lennard Zinn

Publisher: VeloPress

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934030424

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From shifters to derailleurs, pedals to handlebars, this book covers every component of a road bike, lists the tools bike owners need to tackle simple and advanced projects, and demonstrates with 295 detailed illustrations how to work on each part.

Material, Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Testing of Pavement
Material, Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Testing of Pavement

Author: Dar-Hao Chen

Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780784410455

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GSP 193 contains selected papers presented at 2009 GeoHunan International Conference, Challenges and Recent Advances in Pavement Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics, held in Changsha, Hunan, China, August 3-6, 2009.

Road Funds and Road Maintenance
Road Funds and Road Maintenance

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 9715614892

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Singling out roads as an important factor in economic development, this report presents the findings of a regional technical assistance inquiry carried out to examine the problem of road funding in Asia with the aim of proposing case-specific solutions. Particular attention is paid to the data collected during road assessments performed in the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Also discussed are a number of possible strategies for combating road-maintenance neglect across Asia.