THE IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ON PLANTS. THE PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE TRANSPORT AND ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY, HELD AT EASTHAMPSTEAD PARK, WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE, 11-13 SEPTEMBER 1978

The proceedings contain the following papers: The establishment of woody plants on motorways (Dunball, AP); The ecological aspects of establishment on roadside verges (Bradshaw, AD and Roberts, RD); Grass fertilization problems and experimentation on highway embankments in France (Henensal, P and Arnal, GG); Assessment of the value of vegetation lost or gained through road construction (Helliwell, DR); Roadside verges and their management (Way, JM); General environmental effects of motor vehicles (Colwill, DM); Deposition of exhaust lead and its impact on plants (Little, PE); The response of plants to air movement (Grace, J and Russell, G); The effects of ethylene on vegetation (Davison, AW and Wharmby, S); The effects of particulate pollution in combination with gaseous pollution on vegetation (McAinsh, CM and Williams, RJH); Winter maintenance: Practices and policies (Driver, FT); New experiences with de-icing salts in West Germany (Dimitri, L and Siebert, H); The implications of the use of de-icing salt for motorway plantings in the UK (Thompson, JR, Rutter, AJ, Ridout, PS and Glover, M); (continued on IRRD 248527). (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Includes comments by symposium participants and French and German summaries.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 127 p.
• Serial:
  • Supplementary Report
  • Issue Number: 513
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0305-1315

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air; Air pollution; Conferences; Deicing chemicals; Ecology; Embankments; Environment; Environmental impacts; Ethylenes; Exhaust gases; Freeways; Gases; Grasses; Improvements; Lead (Metal); Loss and damage; Motion; Paved shoulders; Plants; Road construction; Shrubs; Tests; Traffic; Vegetation; Vehicles; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: France; Germany; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 6714: Air; 1394: Catalytic converter; 8525: Conference; 2598: Deicing; 2455: Environment; 8036: France; 6734: Gas; 8125: Germany; 2916: Hard shoulder; 9108: Improvement; 7138: Lead (metal); 9040: Loss; 2752: Motorway; 5483: Movement; 3665: Road construction; 6255: Test; 755: Traffic; 8119: United Kingdom; 2488: Vegetation; 1255: Vehicle; 2593: Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-028 969
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1985 12:00AM