Early Highway Planning

Edward Weiner

Chapter Chapter 2 in Urban Transportation Planning in the United States, 2013, pp 7-17 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Early highway planning grew out the need for information on the rising tide of automobile and truck usage during the first quarter of the twentieth century. From 1904, when the first automobiles ventured out of the cities, traffic grew at a steady and rapid rate. After the initial period of highway construction which connected many of the nation’s cities, emphasis shifted to improving the highway system to carry these increased traffic loads. New concepts were pioneered to increase highway capacity including control of access, elimination of at grade intersections, new traffic control devices, and improved roadway design. Transit properties were privately held were the purview of cities.

Keywords: Public Road; Federal Highway; Highway Construction; Toll Road; Highway System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5407-6_2

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