TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Samantha R.
TI  - Highways: construction, management, and maintenance 
T2  - Transportation infrastructure-- roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit
SN  - 9781613245910
AV  - TE175 
U1  - 625.7 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Publishers, Nova Science Publisher's
KW  - Roads
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Management
KW  - Maintenance and repair
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Civil
KW  - Highway & Traffic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; ""HIGHWAYS: CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE ""; ""HIGHWAYS: CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Role of Digital Road Maps in the Future""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Applications: Systems and Services""; ""2.1. Intelligent Transport Systems""; ""2.2. Use of digital maps in Intelligent Transport Systems and Services""; ""2.3. Assistance and Safety Systems""; ""2.3.1. Navigation Systems""; ""2.3.2. Intelligent Navigation Systems""; ""2.3.3. Onboard Traffic Signs Information""; ""2.3.4. Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) Systems""; ""2.3.5. Curve Speed Warning Systems (CSWS)""""2.3.6. Fuel Consumption Optimization Considering the Following Stretches of Road""; ""2.3.7. Adaptive Cruise Control""; ""2.3.8. Lane Departure Warning System""; ""2.3.9. Intelligent Lighting System""; ""2.3.10. E-Call""; ""2.3.11. Autonomous Driving""; ""2.3.12. Cooperative Systems""; ""2.4. Centralized Management Services""; ""2.4.1. Traffic Monitoring and Management""; ""2.4.2. Commercial Vehicles Fleet Control""; ""2.4.3. Public Transport Fleet Control""; ""3. Detail and Accuracy Requirements""; ""3.1. Specifications of Digital Maps and Positioning Systems""""3.2. Map-Matching Algorithms""; ""4. Developing and Updating Digital Maps""; ""4.1. Development and Updating Levels""; ""4.2. Means of Developing Digital Maps""; ""4.3. Effort to Develop Digital Maps""; ""4.4. Digital Map Updating""; ""4.5. Data Quality Measures""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Financing Highway Construction: Revolving Loan Systems as PAY-AS-YOU-USE""; ""Abstract""; ""Fiscal Stringencies and National Highway Systems""; ""State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) Programs""; ""Revolving Loan Systems (RLS) as PAY-AS-YOU-USE""""Mechanisms Of Revolving Loan Systems (RLS)""; ""Parameters Maximizing RLS Loans""; ""Suggestions For Successful Implementation Of Rls Programs""; ""Minimizing Stimulating Unnecessary Investment Projects""; ""Maximizing Marketing of RLS Programs""; ""Assessing Project and Credit Capacities of Borrowing Entities""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Balanced Vehicular Traffic Model""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The Fundamental Diagram in Macroscopic Traffic Models""; ""Balanced Vehicular Traffic""; ""The Balanced Vehicular Traffic Model and Three-Phase Traffic Theory""""Application to Traffic Networks""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Non-Driver Understanding of Traffic Signs""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Method""; ""Participants""; ""Traffic Signs""; ""Procedure""; ""Results""; ""Comprehension Score""; ""Sign Awareness""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Mitigation Measures to Reduce""; ""Impacts on Biodiversity""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Main Effects of Highways on Terrestrial Vertebrates""; ""Road Mortality""
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