Ebook: Green streets, highways, and development 2013, advancing the practice : proceedings of the Second Green Streets, Highways, and Development Conference, November 3-6, 2013, Austin, Texas

Proceedings of the Second Conference on Green Streets, Highways, and Development, held in Austin, Texas, November 3-6, 2013. This collection contains 35 peer-reviewed papers covering the current expertise in sustainable roadway and street planning and site design. Green Streets and Highways highlights best practices and successes with real-world design approaches, planning methodologies, operations and maintenance strategies, progress evaluation tools, performance measurement and management approaches, policies, and case studies. Topics include: green design and asset management; stormwater management and transportation; sustainable design and traffic operations; land use planning and infrastructure; sustainable pavements; and best practices case studies. This proceedings will be of interest to engineers, contractors, planners, architects, landscape architects, private practitioners, government officials, academics, and students interested in the effective application of sustainability concepts to highway and street planning and site design