Actions undertaken to protect, enhance, and promote scenic byways can, in turn, affect tourism revenues, jobs, land values, and the pattern and rate of development. The objective of our project for the National Scenic Byways study is to develop a framework for economic analysis and case studies documenting these impacts.
This study identifies examples of landscape design which accommodate development while enhancing scenic highway environments. It describes design and planning considerations which can help incorporate creative landscape design solutions in scenic highways. The analytic approach identifies a range of notable and award-winning examples of landscape d
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Our survey of selected tourism-oriented, developed countries reveals a wide variety of regulations for the designation, signage and promotion of scenic highways and byways with most of the action occurring at the local and regional level. Uniform practices do not exist. The International Road Federation states that because of the highway decentrali
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This study was initiated in the spring of 1990 when the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) applied for and received a grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to pursue an economic case study of the potential for a scenic byways system in New Hampshire. The project was carried out by a scenic byway project team including
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In ever-increasing numbers, people of all ages are taking to America's highways for recreation and leisure enjoyment. These activities range from a "Sunday drive in the country", to a "weekend get-a-way", to a "grand cross-country tour". They travel mostly in the family car, but frequently on bicycle, motorcycle, campers and oversized motor homes a
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This research project, sponsored by the Oregon Economic Development Department and the U.S. Highway Administration, investigates the design of scenic routes and outlines a scenic route planning process, focusing in particular on signing for significant attractions or features which are in or associated with the highway corridor. The analysis is bas
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A brief overview of AAA's 80 years of mapping and road inspecting experience detailing the causes for our interest in Scenic Byways, the data collection techniques and standards criteria that AAA uses to designate scenic routes, the map features developed over the last 20 years to depict the routes chosen and our vision for the future of the Scenic
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This document profiles 1988 accidents reported by interstate commercial carriers of property subject to the Department of Transportation Act. It is suspected that accidents involving interstate carriers were significantly underreported; actions are underway to correct this in the future. 32,778 accidents were reported by commercial carriers of prop
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A major field study and evaluation has been conducted into the effectiveness of three structural overlay types for portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements. These include sawing and sealing asphalt concrete (AC) overlays of PCC pavements, cracking and seating PCC pavements prior to AC overlay, and constructing a thin bonded PCC overlay on top of th
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The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel (Safety Panel) has prepared this report in response to Sections 207, 208, and 209 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-554). This report provides the Secretary of Transportation with the results of the Safety Panel's review of safety requirements affecting interstate moto
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United States. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel
1990-08-01
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The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel (SafetyPanel) has prepared this report in response to Sections 207, 208, and 209 ofthe Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-554). A major goal of the1984 Act was to achieve compatibility between State and Federal safetyrequirements affecting interstate motor carrier operations.
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Highway geometric design and traffic operations are based in part on consideration of vehicle characteristics. However, many of the current highway design and operational criteria are based on passenger car characteristics, even though truck characteristics may be more critical. The study of which this report is part involved a review of existing d
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This state-of-the-art report is on the moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures used in highway pavements. It addresses the known causes of moisture damage, methods for controlling damage such as antistripping additives, and moisture damage tests. Several current research studies are also given in the report. Moisture damage in asphalt mixtures
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A Value Engineering Study was performed by four State highway agencies (Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), covering various aspects of curbs, drainage structures, drainage castings, and gutters. Twenty-seven specific proposals are given for the consideration of highway agencies. To add credibility, a draft report was circulated to
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On June 12-14, 1990, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of Transportation, hosted the Symposium on Effective Highway Accident Countermeasures in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Held in Washington, DC, the Symposium took place in response to Presi
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Highway geometric design and traffic operations are based in part on consideration of vehicle characteristics. However, many of the current highway design and operational criteria are based on passenger car characteristics, even though truck characteristics may be more critical. This report reviews existing data for the truck characteristics that n
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This report contains five chapters relating to highway subdrainage design. Chapter 1 is devoted to a general discussion of the adverse effects of subsurface water, the types and sources of subsurface water and its movements, and the types of subsurface drainage installations that can be used either singly or in combination, to control this water. C
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This handbook is a revised, updated version of the Federal Highway Administration's "Traffic Detector Handbook", originally published as Implementation Package FHWA-IP-85-1. This upgraded version of the Handbook supersedes and replaces the previous edition. It has been restructured, corrected, and revised to update discussions of concepts and equip
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