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While our highways and roadways provide a very necessary and convenient means of travel, they also take a toll in lives lost. Approximately 1.2 million people are killed in traffic accidents annually and another 50 million are injured. Among persons under the age of 50, auto accidents are the number one cause of death. Highway […]
Traffic signals maintain a level of order and control on America’s roadways. Children on their way to school wait for the traffic signal to give them the okay before they cross the busy road to their waiting buses. Pedestrians use traffic signals to help them safely cross a through-fare teeming with speeding cars. Drivers place […]
The efforts of the United States to design and build a national highway network began rather haphazardly with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. The Act allowed the provision of $75 million spread out over course of five years for matching funding to each state to create and maintain a national […]
The earth is in a delicate state and deserves to be heard. It needs a voice that will bring solutions, change, action and that is where Greenpeace comes in. Who is Greenpeace? They are an international environmental organization filled with people who want to change the way we think, behave, and act and our overall […]
Ethanol is a biofuel that can be made by an organic process that breaks down sugar and glucose within different kinds of food. There are mainly three types of foods that are used in this process, which are sugars, starch, and cellulose. These three types contain foods such as cane sugar, grains, and raw materials. […]
Bioethanol is also known simply as ethanol or ethyl alcohol. Bioethanol is more or less a marketing term due to it being created by an organic process that is more environment-friendly compared to other fuels. It is a type of alcohol that happens to be the same type that is used in alcoholic drinks. Bioethanol […]
There are several designs for highways and roadways. These designs require a lot of engineering as there are many factors that are considered in the design of highways. The most important fact considered is the expected average speed of the vehicles that will be passing through the highways. In other words, there are different types […]
The history of America’s highway system began with the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. The passing of this bill introduced by the United States government spearheaded an effort to develop and construct a nationwide network of roadways and highways. It allotted a total of $75 million for matching state funds for improvement and construction […]
Highways play an important role in making travel easier and more expedient. This is of great assistance whether traveling for work or play as well as travel involving transporting goods. The highway system connects large metropolises and rural communities across the country. Highway systems have made expansion possible, provided a convenient means to travel for […]
The first step of any major public works projects, especially highways, is the collection and analysis of data. How this information is gathered and analyzed are hot topics and there are a wide variety of tools that highway planners have at their disposal to collect the information they need. Another issue arises when the question […]