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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Rights-of-way"”.
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Remnant rights of way as a preservation issue
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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Toward Conservation of Magnolia Bogs on Utility Rights-Of-Way: Increasing Imageability
… wetland type known only to the gravelly sands of the inner Chesapeake Bay watershed. Scattered across upland landscapes just east of the fall-line, these habitats occur where lenses of clay intersect the rolling terrain and groundwater seeps along the faces of hillsides. Most Magnolia Bogs have …
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Evaluation of plant growth regulators for managing fescue turf along highway rights-of-way
… (<i>Festuca arundinacea</i> Schreb.). All rates of imazethapyr plus imazapyr, ACP 2100, and chlorsulfuron plus mefluidide afforded a significantly higher turf quality than metsulfuron plus mefluidide. ACP 2100 at 120 and 180 g ha⁻¹, imazethapyr plus imazapyr, DPX L5300 plus mefluidide at 70 plus …
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Northern Boulevard office district : urban design analysis and projections
… as its premise the proposition that the pattern of street rights-of-way (and, by implication, utility alignments), blocks and parcelization are together the strongest and most persistent determinants of urban form. Certain design objectives are postulated--among them, clearly defined street …
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A computer-assisted technique for planning minimum impact transmission right of way routes
… system was developed as an aid in the process of planning and evaluating the impact of electric transmission rights of way. The system was designed to facilitate the objective analysis of proposed construction activities and to provide insights into the location of routes which tend to minimize …
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Assessing the costs and benefits of native plant species for electric transmission line right-of-way revegetation within the Tennessee Valley Authority power service area
The safe operation of electric transmission lines necessitates the suppression of tall, woody vegetation on associated rights-of-way (ROWs). Native warm season grasses (NWSG) are more expensive for ROW revegetation compared to typical exotic cool season grasses (ECSG), but they may alter the …
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Establishing Native Grasses Along Maryland Roadways
The use of native grasses and other meadow species in roadside rights-of-way is perceived as environmentally and economically beneficial. There is a need for more information about successful establishment procedures appropriate for the mid-Atlantic region. This study examined the use of companion …
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A methodology for the design of wet detention basins for treatment of highway stormwater runoff
… to determine the settling velocity distributions of suspended solids to refine a methodology selected by the FHWA in designing wet detention basins for the treatment of highway stormwater runoff. Thirteen runoff samples were collected, over two years, from high volume (greater than 100,000 …
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Dude, where's my internet: an examination of broadband internet access, infrastructure, and potential for expansion in Missouri
… a necessity in today's society. Providers of these services are expanding access to the high-speed Internet as well as its speed and capacity. With the recent release of the National Broadband Map and the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) supported broadband research …
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Roadside Memorial Practices: An Examination of Landscapes of Commemoration in Warren County, Kentucky
Roadside memorials commemorating the death of automobile crash victims are scattered throughout the Kentucky landscape. This persistent cultural practice contains symbolic elements oftentimes indicative of religious connotations. Because there is a constitutional separation of church and government …
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Logística brasileira: um estudo teórico do modal ferroviário
This paper presents a study of the Brazilian railways, showing its structure, prospects and limitations, featuring performance / growth and main remaining obstacles. It starts with a brief history of railways in Brazil; a characterization of other modes comprising the Brazilian transport matrix; …
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Managing conflicts between the environment and mobility : the case of road-based transportation and air quality in Mexico City
In the planning of transportation projects, there may be tradeoffs between providing mobility and achieving environmental objectives. Managing such potential conflicts is important to ensure that the economic benefits of efficient and effective transportation services are realized while the social …
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An Engagement Toolkit to Center Unhoused Stakeholders in the Design and Programming of Open Space
As the number of unhoused individuals grows throughout the United States, authorities from over 100 different cities have responded to some of the heartbreaking challenges of extreme poverty with criminalization. The most recent process of criminalization has focused on limiting the use of public …
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Infrastructural Urbanism: Hybridizing Our Networks
<p><em>“The story of people can be told through our infrastructure. In the rise and fall of cities throughout history, the places best positioned for a thriving future have always been those that offer systems to create the lives that we want. And we can see that as the innovations of canals, …
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From linear spaces to linear places : recycling rail corridors in urban areas
To date, the reuse of abandoned railroad rights-of-way has occurred primarily in suburban and rural areas. However, a new generation of urban rail corridor conversions appears to be underway. More urban in more places than prior rail-to-trail projects, the next generation of rail corridor …
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Why some airport-rail links get built and others do not : the role of institutions, equity and financing
The thesis seeks to provide an understanding of reasons for different outcomes of airport ground access projects. Five in-depth case studies (Hongkong, Tokyo-Narita, London- Heathrow, Chicago- O'Hare and Paris-Charles de Gaulle) and eight smaller case studies (Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Shanghai-Pudong, …
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Design and evaluation of BRT and limited-stop services
… as service quality. However, the implementation of these service strategies may lead to an increase in access times and waiting times for some passengers compared with an all-local service configuration. Therefore, agencies face trade-offs between reducing bus running times and reducing total …
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Standardization of Street Sampling Units to Improve Street Tree Population Estimates Derived by i-Tree Streets Inventory Software
Street trees are a subpopulation of the urban forest resource and exist in the rights-of-way adjacent to public roads in a municipality. Benefit-cost analyses have shown that the annual benefits provided by the average street tree far outweigh the costs of planting and maintenance. City and …
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Distribution of cicadas in Illinois with a focus on the natural history, population genetics, and conservation of Megatibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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AHS Maglev System Architecture
… period between 1993-1998 a vision was presented of an Automated Highway System developed under a contract naming Virginia Tech one of the three ITS Research Centers of Excellence in the United States by the Federal Highway Administration. The AHS envisioned would consist of a guideway constructed …