INEVITABLE COMPROMISE: HIGHWAYS VS. THE ENVIRONMENT

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPROMISE IN HIGHWAY LOCATION DECISIONS AND SHOWS HOW HIGHWAY ROUTE PLANNING MAY TEND TO BE DOMINATED MUCH LESS BY PURELY ECONOMIC FACTORS. THERE IS A NEED FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS WHO CAN ASSEMBLE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS, INTERPRET THE FINDINGS OF THE ECOLOGICAL AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, AND USE THESE FACTS AS PART OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF FACTORS TO ACHIEVE AS THEIR FINAL DECISION A NECESSARY AND INEVITABLE COMPROMISE. ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MUST BECOME MUCH MORE ORIENTED TOWARD THE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT FUTURE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS WILL BE ADEQUATELY QUALIFIED. HIGHWAYS ARE ONLY ONE PART OF THE NONURBAN STATEWIDE LAND-USE CONTROL AND GUIDANCE PROBLEM. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808863?urlappend=%3Bseq=193
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Plowman, E G
  • Imhoff, E A
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 177-178
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ecology; Environmental impacts; Highway engineers; Highway planning; Highways; Land use; Land use planning; Location
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location; Land use controls
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203633
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 2001 12:00AM