September/October
2001
ARTICLES:
Low-Altitude
Laser Surveys Provide Flexibility and Savings
by Lisa
Crye
For two recent road surveys, the Central Federal Lands Highway Division
of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used a helicopter equipped
with a low-power laser to collect in a few hours the complete range
of required information that would have taken several weeks for a
ground survey crew to collect.
The
Marriage of Safety and Land-Use Planning: A Fresh Look at Local Roadways
by Aida
Berkovitz
A national focus on the safety of local roadways is needed, and mixed
land use and smart-growth policies can ultimately result in safer
local roadways through the use of appropriate designs and slower speeds.
Strengthening
the Connection Between Transportation and Land Use
by
Stephanie Roth and Ashby Johnson
From a transportation perspective, smart growth includes the building
of walkable communities and providing a variety of transportation
choices so that residents have alternatives to the single-occupant
motor vehicle to get from one place to another.
Iron
and Asphalt: The Evolution of the Spiral Curve in Railroads and Parkways
by Mary
E. Myers
This article, reflecting the perspective of a landscape architect,
explores the background, evolution, and aesthetic application of the
spiral curve and suggests that it be reintroduced into educational
programs for landscape architects.
New
Life for Old Transmitters: Converting GWEN to NDGPS
by James A. Arnold
The recent conversion of two Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
sites in Maryland to National Differential Global Positioning System
(NDGPS) broadcast stations is the latest chapter in the emerging NDGPS.
Colossal
Partnership: Denver's $1.67 Billion T-REX Project
by Steve Moler
Metro Denver's Transportation Expansion Project (T-REX), a combined
freeway reconstruction and light-rail extension, is as massive as
the name implies, and it has gone from a dream to construction in
a little more than three years.
One-of-a-Kind
Bridge Project Protects National Bird
by
Dena M. Gray-Fisher
The Iowa Department of Transportation and its construction and design
partners are taking extreme measures to protect the environment and
our national symbol, the bald eagle, during the relocation of a 40-mile
(64-kilometer) segment of U.S. Route 20.
Partnership
Protects Pristine Estuary and Wetlands
by Maria
Koklanaris
The Western Federal Lands Highway Division contributed $500,000 to
help purchase Whalen Island, Ore., and save it from development.
Relationship
Marketing: A Key to Success and Survival
by Kathleen A. Bergeron
Customers
tend to keeping going back to people and places they trust, and organizations
are learning that moving from simply knowing customers to having customer
relationships and managing those relationships appropriately can increase
both profits and efficiency.