Technology Developments from the Las Colinas APT System
The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the major technical developments that were provided as part of AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc.'s contract for the Las...
Generic People-Mover Guideways, Pros and Cons
The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit (APT) system became operational in 1989, but the first section of guideway was built 11 years earlier, several years before the selection of the vehicle...
Americans With Disabilities Act?Implications for APM Design
This paper provides an overview of the ADA origins, and its relationship with previous legislation, standards, and federal agencies. Key ADA requirements, as written in the DOT Final Rule,...
Implications of ISTEA on the Implementation of APMs
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, approved 372-47 in the House and 79-8 in the Senate, is a landmark legislation in the area of transportation. Through...
Coastal Zone '93
Coastal Zone 93, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 19-23, 1993, is the eighth in a series of biennial multidisciplinary symposia on comprehensive coastal and ocean management. The papers...
Beach Nourishment Engineering and Management Considerations
This proceeding,
Coastal Engineering Considerations in Coastal Zone Management
This proceeding,
Coastal Management in Mexico
the Baja California Experience
This proceeding, the
Coastlines of Canada
This proceeding,
Coastlines of Japan II
This proceeding,
Coastlines of the Black Sea
This proceeding,
Coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico
This proceeding,
Coastlines of the Mediterranean
This proceeding,
Coastlines of the Southern North Sea
This proceeding,
Coastlines of Western Africa
This proceeding, the
The Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays
This proceeding,
Deltas of the World
This proceeding,
Pacific Rim TransTech Conference
Volume I: Advanced Technologies
This proceedings,
21st Century Composites Require ASCE Standards and SDS
This paper describes the ASCE initiative and discusses the philosophy and needs for the structural design system (SDS) of which the standards will be a part. Our perspective is from the...
Going International: Profit or Peril?
Six veterans of the international engineering and construction market discuss the financial risks of international work, including currency risk; expatriate living conditions; difficulties...
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