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Response to extreme weather impacts on transportation systems /

"Extreme weather such as floods, hurricanes, snow storms, and prolonged heat test the people and infrastructure that make up our transportation systems. This study examined eight recent cases of extreme weather in the United States from the perspectives of transportation operations, maintenance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baglin, Chris (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (sponsoring body.), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2014.
Series:Synthesis of highway practice ; 454.
Subjects:
Emergency transportation > United States.
Emergency management > United States.
Transportation agencies > United States > Management.
State transportation agencies > United States > Management.
Natural disasters > United States.
Weather.
Case studies.
Transportation > U.S. States > Finance.
Weather conditions.
Diasters.
Natural disasters.
Online Access:http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_454.pdf
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Summary:"Extreme weather such as floods, hurricanes, snow storms, and prolonged heat test the people and infrastructure that make up our transportation systems. This study examined eight recent cases of extreme weather in the United States from the perspectives of transportation operations, maintenance, design, construction, planning, communications, interagency coordination, and data and knowledge management." -- Preface.
Item Description:"A synthesis of highway practice."
At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Physical Description:96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-90).
ISBN:9780309271172 (softcover)
0309271177 (softcover)
ISSN:0547-5570 ;