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Title: SCENIC ROADS AND PARKWAYS
Accession Number: 00238370
Record Type: Component
Abstract: THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM PROVIDED IMPETUS FOR A SCENIC ROADS AND PARKWAYS PROGRAM. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RECREATIONAL ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM ARE DISCUSSED. ALL THE STATES AND PARTICIPATING FEDERAL AGENCIES SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS FOR SCENIC ROADS AND PARK- WAYS. SUMMARIZING THE DATA ON POPULATION PROXIMITY AS A FACTOR IN LOCATING SCENIC ROADS AND PARKWAYS, IT IS NOTED THAT OF THE 136,500 MILES NOMINATED, 37 PERCENT OF THIS MILEAGE WAS WITHIN ONE, TWO OR THREE HOURS DRIVING TIME FROM CONCENTRATIONS OF MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE. ALSO, 23 PERCENT OF THE MILEAGE WAS WITHIN POPULATION CENTERS OF 1 TO 2.5 MILLION. WHEN COMPLEMENTARY FACILITIES ARE ADDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR THERE CAN BE BROUGHT INTO BEING RAPIDLY A COMPLEX OF FACILITIES WHICH WILL HAVE MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE FOR TOURISM AS WELL AS PLEASURE DRIVING.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Special Problems of Condemnation and Land Use Control Law and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410113
Authors: Levin, David RPagination: pp 30-33
Publication Date: 1967
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Law; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 6 1994 12:00AM
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