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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION
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Accession Number:

00784348

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Component

Abstract:

The paper recognizes the increasing demand placed on highways, even as various urban public transit modes are greatly expanded. The paper focuses attention on advanced modern technologies for monitoring, guiding, and coordinating highway construction and maintenance equipment. Some of the technologies discussed are inertial navigation, active beacon navigation system, the Global Positioning System, and ground based radio frequency systems.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from the Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB website. 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

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board


A3B05: Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation
Washington, DC 20418 United States

Authors:

Griffin, R
Navon, R
Brecher, A
Livingston, D
Haas, C
Bullock, D

Pagination:

7 p.

Publication Date:

2000

Serial:

Transportation in the New Millennium

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 21 2000 12:00AM