Current and Developing Technologies in Highway-Wildlife Migration

This chapter on current and developing technologies in highway-wildlife mitigation is from a book on highways, wildlife, and habitat connectivity. The authors describe a few technologies that have the potential to benefit transportation research, planning, and human safety through better data collection, better analysis tools, new technologies, influencing driver perception, and the use of innovative material and construction techniques. Specific topics include Global Positioning System (GPS) technology; geographic information systems (GIS); data collection by the public, though web-based entry and specific data collection devices; animal detection systems that activate warning signals; strategies to influence driver perception, particularly on newly reconstructed roads; and new materials and construction techniques, including plastic wildlife overpasses.

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  Island Press

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  Washington, DC  United States  20009-1148
• Authors:
  • Huijser, Marcel P
  • Galarus, Doug E
  • Kociolek, Angela V
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 309-322
• Monograph Title: Safe Passages: Highways, Wildlife, and Habitat Connectivity

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: At grade intersections; Automobile drivers; Behavior; Biodiversity; Case studies; Crashes; Data collection; Environmental impacts; Geographic information systems; Global Positioning System; Habitat (Ecology); Highways; Land use; Mammals; Roadside fauna; Warning signals; Websites (Information retrieval); Wildlife crossings
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01328246
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781597266543
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2011 12:32PM