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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"right of way"”.
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From Right-of-Way to Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities in Pipeline Right-of-Way Restoration in Northeast British Columbia
… the boreal forest ecosystem, with pipeline right-of-way being a key contributor. Regulatory frameworks, critical for shaping restoration outcomes, remain fragmented and inconsistent. This study examined how the current regulatory framework influences ecological restoration for pipeline …
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Feasibility study of growing bioenergy crop along Illinois highway right of way
The student, Sijie Shi, accepted the attached license on 2016-12-05 at 10:09.
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Utility Right of Way Management: Potential for Expanded Integrated Vegetation Managment in California
<p>Utility companies have the challenge of meeting vegetation clearance requirements within their right of ways and complying with various environmental laws and company goals. Vegetation management programs at the major utility companies cost millions of dollars a year. Reducing cost and …
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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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Integrating Geospatial Technologies into the Property Management Process of the Transportation Right-Of-Way
Property Management, one functional area within Right-of-Way offices in state transportation agencies, is responsible for managing the property acquired for highway projects. These activities are data and document intensive and efficiency for performing them would be improved through the …
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A Conceptual Framework for an Enterprise-Wide Geospatially Enabled Information Management System for Transportation Right-Of-Way Business Processes
Right-of-way business processes have been identified as one of the areas where information bottlenecks occur in transportation agencies, not only because of the amount of information involved, but also because of the interdependent nature of these activities. Transportation projects are associated …
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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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Mammal diversity in the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area and the effects of internal fragmentation on the relative distributions of mammalian carnivores
… Gorge State Natural Area using various methods of observation. Sixteen mammal species were detected in the natural area, 14 of which were previously undocumented. The whitefooted mouse and the raccoon were the most abundant species. There are additional mammal species that may occur in the …
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A comparative analysis of plant response parameters : to the Los Angeles aqueduct systems in the Mojave Desert, California
<p>A comparative study of the two Los Angeles aqueduct systems was appropriate and feasible because of the 57 year span between construction dates. Although, dealing with complex interactive relationships of a variety of parameters and some unmeasurable aspects, this project attempted to get a …
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Green stormwater infrastructure, complete streets, and interagency collaboration in San Francisco
In many US cities, the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in the right-of-way remains problematic. On one hand, many cities' policies are espousing the Complete Streets model, an approach whereby streets should serve multiple users and purposes and combine different design …
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The Big Box Bill of Rights
… converted a sleepy Ozark mountain town into home of the world's largest retailer: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The ascendance of Walmart and similar big box developers during the latter part of the twentieth century instigated a profound transformation of Bentonville's city fabric, one that paralleled a …
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Moving from conventional bus service towards bus rapid transit : establishing priorities
… review, eight key attributes and components of BRT systems were identified. The key attributes defined were: 1) right of way priority; 2) expedited boarding and alighting; 3) knowledge-based planning and operations; 4) high frequency; 5) high reliability; 6) distinct image; 7) connectivity; …
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Remediation of Sand Dune Blowouts Along Pipeline Right of Ways.
Blowouts in sand dunes along pipeline right of ways are a problem facing many pipeline maintenance companies, environmentalists, and public land managers. Blowouts form in sandy soils when the ground surface is not protected from seasonal winds. The ground surface becomes unprotected when there is …
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Evaluating the Impact of Rail-Trail Conversion Projects on Property Values: Empirical Evidence from the Illinois Prairie Path
… from such rail-trail conversion projects, they often face strong political opposition. This opposition is primarily from owners of residential properties along the railroad right-of way who fear that the value of their properties will decline after the conversion. This study uses empirical data …
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Standard values : change in urban arterial street design
The highway-building industry and highway governance was born in the minds of progressive engineers bent on ushering in a new era of efficiency, progress and modern transport. Governance and standards in California heavily influenced other state highway organizations. This research traces the …
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Modeling Automated Highway System Guideway Operations
The purpose of this research is to explore the operational characteristics of a Maglev-based Automated Highway System and how it would interact with freeway operations. The extension of traditional traffic flow phenomenon, including weaving, merging, and stopping distance, into the automated system …
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Reclaiming residual space from elevated transport infrastructure : time, space, and activity under the Chicago Brown Line
This thesis studies the non-transport functions of the residual space generated by elevated transport infrastructure and its relationship with abutting neighborhoods The space under the Chicago Brown Line, among all other elevated train lines, is often considered as an undesirable and useless urban …
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Propagating Redemption: An Analysis of the Propaganda Campaign of South Carolina Conservatives In 1876
… were set in motion that would define the nature of race relations in South Carolina for much of the next one hundred years. A simple argument over the right of way on a little-used street in the small village of Hamburg, South Carolina, sparked a bloody confrontation which, in part, eventually …
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A Windows-based roadway maintenance management system
… or facility such as a road network. Maintenance of a road network involves repair, construction and improvement of pavements and the right of way elements that deteriorate due to their usage, exposure to the environment and various other causes such as impact during crashes, vandalism etc. …
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GIS based optimal design of sewer networks and pump stations
In the planning and design of sewer networks, most of the decisions are spatially dependent because of the right of way considerations and the desire to have flow by gravity. This research addresses the application of combined optimization-geographic information system (GIS) technology in the …
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