Topic - Highways

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Highways.

This section highlights mass transit associated with highway use including regulation, structure, and function of highways. Topics in this section may range from advances in interstate highway systems and electronic road pricing to traffic management including articles focusing on carpool and truck lanes.

moreRelated Awards

California Assembly Bill 680 (62%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
1997

Control of Asphalt Fume during Paving (62%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
1998

Self-Directed Highway Maintenance Teams (57%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
1994

Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control (53%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
January 11, 2005

Malindi Green Town Movement (49%)
Mashariki Innovations in Local Governance Awards Programme
April 6, 2005

Integrated Traffic Management System (43%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
1991

Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation (37%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
June 14, 2005

moreMost Relevant News

Zombie Highways Attack! (81%)
Next American City
August 11, 2009

Freeway aid program seen easing Highway 50 congestion (74%)
The Sacramento Bee
June 7, 2009

By the Mile (71%)
Next American City
May 8, 2009

Hi-Tech Highway Coming To North Carolina (67%)
Planetizen
August 18, 2009

Repurposing Interstate Highways (64%)
Planetizen
November 12, 2009

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moreMost Relevant Documents

New Highways, House Prices, and Urban Development: A Case Study of Toll Roads in Orange County, CA (100%)
Marlon G. Boarnet, Saksith Chalermpong
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 2001

Vietnam's Infrastructure Constraints (57%)
Nguyen Xuan Thanh, David Dapice.
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, John F. Kennedy School of Government
January 1, 2009

America's Working Communities and the Impact of Multifamily Housing (52%)
Alexander von Hoffman, Eric Belsky, James DeNormandie and Rachel Bratt
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
2004

Special Economic Zones in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India (51%)
Semil Shah
John F. Kennedy School of Government
January 1, 2008

The Portland Region: Where City and Suburbs Talk to Each Other (51%)
Carl Abbott
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 1997

Who Sprawls Most? How Growth Patterns Differ Across the U.S. (48%)
William Fulton, Rolf Pendall, Mai Nguyen, Alicia Harrison
The Brookings Institution: Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy
July 1, 2001

Evaluation of Oleoresin Capsicum (O.C.) Use by Law Enforcement Agencies: Impact on Injuries to Officers and Suspects, Final Activity Report (47%)
J. Michael Bowling Ph. D., Monica Gaines MBMA

January 11, 2005

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