AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS: WHERE ARE THEY TAKING THE ENVIRONMENT?

THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THE GENERAL INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGHWAYS AND THE VARIOUS FORMS OF POLLUTION. HE OBSERVES THAT THE FEDERAL PROGRAM TO RESTORE CLEAN AIR-AS IT RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS-DEPENDS ON WHETHER VEHICLES CAN RETAIN THEIR LOW EMISSION. CHARACTERISTICS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING THOSE IMPOSED BY PRESENT ROAD AND HIGHWAY STRUCTURES. INDEED, FEDERAL VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS AND TESTING PROCEDURES ARE BASED ON DRIVING PATTERNS DICTATED BY THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR CARS IN CITIES. BUT THOSE DRIVING PATTERNS ARE, IN TURN, DICTATED BY THE PRESENT STREET AND HIGHWAY STSTEM IN USE. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF POLLUTION FROM FOLLOWING MAN TO SUBURBAN AREAS AS WELL AS CITIES, THE AUTHOR FORSEES CHANGES IN BOTH VEHICLE AND THE ROAD AND HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

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• Authors:
  • Middleton, John T
• Conference:
  • 5th Summer Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Madison Wisconsin, United States
  • Date: 1972-7-31 to 1972-8-2
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 3-5
• Monograph Title: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 138
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Laws; Pollutants; Suburbs; Traffic flow; Travel patterns; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic patterns
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203815
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021529
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 17 1973 12:00AM