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Getting Started
The need for increased funding for infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation is a well recognized problem at all levels of government. Obtaining those funds has proven a difficult...

Project Management and UMTA
This paper examines the scope of project management of public transport projects from a 'macro' viewpoint. To imrove the effectiveness of the management of an...

The Coordination Effort: Getting Through the Levels
This paper deals with the coordination and management of two major public transport projects in Portland, Oregon. It discusses the management process utilized in the planning and construction...

Alternatives Analysis?Its Role in Public Transit
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration's first major urban mass transportation investments policy statement was issued in 1976. The policy was revised and updated in...

St. Louis Transit Alternatives Analysis?Project Management and Organization
Improving public transit service has been a long standing goal in the St. Louis region. An alternatives analysis of the region's priority transit corridor was completed in...

Cultivating Community Confidence?The Key to Success or Failure
A successful community participation program proved to be the turning point for federal approval of the Buffalo, New York rapid transit project. This paper details that citizen involvement....

Philadelphia Center City Commuter Connection
The Philadelphia Center City Commuter Connection, a 330,000,000 urban transit project has been completed on schedule within a budget variance of 2% of the estimated cost. This is an accomplishment...

MBTA Red Line Extension Operating Plan
Completion of the MBTA's 3. 2 mile Red Line Rapid Transit Extension is scheduled for 1985. When completed, the seven year 574 million project will add three new stations to...

Transit Operations Input to Project Planning and Design
The rationale for most public transportation projects is a requirement imposed on the operating agency by an existing or expected service demand. These expected operations may be intended...

Noise Characteristics of Alternative Urban Transit Technologies
The noise characteristics of alternative transit technologies for an urban area are summarized. Among the transportation technologies considered are a busway system, light rail transit...

Summary of the Accomplishments of the Federal Rail Transit Vibration and Noise Control Technology Program
The U. S. Department of Transportation's Urban Mass Transportation Administration and Transportation Systems Center have played an active role in assisting the U. S. rail...

Innovative Strategies to Improve Urban Transportation Performance
The field of urban transportation is facing some severe challenges. Roadways continue to deteriorate, the financial condition of public transit systems is abysmal, and general productivity...

Organization and Management of Public Transport Projects
Transit development projects are undertaken to help satisfy escalating transportation needs in modern cities. The projects address an array of technical, social, and environmental considerations....

Rebuilding America
Infrastructure Rehabilitation
The future of the nation demands a solution to the problem of our deteriorating infrastructure. Civil engineers are called on to act as guardians of our public works facilities that must...

The National Ground Water Information Center Data Base
The Research Institute, Education Foundation and Publishing Company of the National Water Well Association have long been considered information central for the world's community of hydrogeologists....

Methodology of Determining Acceptable Levels of Heavy Metal Contamination in Municipal Sewage Sludge Applied to Cropland
The potential public health risks associated with the agricultural utilization of municipal sewage sludge dictate the development of environmentally acceptable criteria for the disposal...

Manatee County Plans for Environmental Protection
Faced with a projected population increase of 53 percent by the year 2000, Manatee County, Florida, is protecting its water resources by developing a regional wastewater facilities program...

Indoor Air Quality Simulations with the Mass Balance Model
Recent studies relate energy conservation measures, specifically to reduction of the air exchange rate of residences, with potential adverse health effects due to human exposure to increased...

Saving Time and Money with Archaeology
In the past 20 years, archaeology has become a necessary part of many engineering projects. However, this aspect of a project is often regarded as an obstacle in terms of costs and time....

Field Scale Solidification/Stabilization of Hazardous Wastes
The selection of appropriate remedial action measures only takes place after a full evaluation of all feasible alternatives. An alternative to off site disposal is solidification/stabilization...

 

 

 

 

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