From Wastewater to Drinking Water
The city of Denver, Colorado will experience a population increase of an estimated half million people within the next 20 years. To satisfy the anticipated demand for water in this semi-arid...
A New Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal is expected to be obsolete by the end of the century. Already there are serious problems with ship traffic through the Canal: volume of traffic is down, average transit...
Policy Analysis Implications of Four Cogent Transportation Topics
Using a goal-group policy-analysis scheme and from his experience on Capitol Hill, the author documents his observations on the cogent transportation topics facing the United States in...
The Peril and Opportunity in the Water States
Water demand for agriculture, energy and public use in rapidly growing areas is raising questions about uncertain economic ramifications and international complexities of rights to water...
Urban Water Conservation
Increasing Efficiency-in-Use Residential Water Demand
Water supply and wastewater flow problems have resulted in an increasing concern with urban water demand. This report is an assessment of various water conservation measures aimed at reducing...
What Future for America's Railroads?
The public sees America's railroads as old, rundown, bankrupt and unreliable. However, after decades of decline, the rate of return on investments has begun to show a steady...
Water Conservation Needs and Implementing Strategies
For several years, water conservation has been espoused and implemented in various locations throughout the country, largely in response to the drought in the West and partially as a political...
Intercity Bridge: First Major U.S. Cable-Stayed Bridge
The Intercity Bridge spans the Columbia River, connecting the cities of Pasco and Kennewick, Wash. It is the longest cable-stayed, concrete bridge in the U.S. (2,403-ft) and it has been...
Will EPA Relax Its Mandatory Secondary Treatment Requirement�
In the Clean Water Act of 1977, Congress said that under some circumstances communities discharging to marine waters might not have to provide full secondary treatment. At the present...
Urban Freeways and Changing Social Values
One key reason for undertaking the $90 billion Interstate Highway System �even though the name may not so indicate? was traffic congestion in and near cities. The intercity segments of...
Urban Transportation Planning
Sources of Information on Urban Transportation
This book is a review of the procedures followed in the comprehensive urban transportation planning process including a history of its development, trip generation, trip distribution methods,...
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