Drainage considerations of roads at mountainous areas -
In this post we will discuss highway drainage at mountainous locations. Read More
Transportation Engineering
A note about sprawling growth of cities, & transportation by autonomous cars - October 17, 2019
Today in our civilization, very unfortunately, the trend of growth of our cities is of sprawling growth type. Allowing our cities to grow just by spreading outwards, is the worst thing we can do to our planet and to ourselves. Sprawling growth not only causes us to build more parking and roads, but also brings the necessity to build the accompanying infrastructure, destroys the natural environment, causes us the reach where we go in more amount of time and loss of productivity, causes noise pollution, and requires us to consume more energy. The examples of negative of effects of sprawling growth is limitless. The most effective solution seems to be […] Read More
Factors that affect planning of routes for roads - February 28, 2019
The most economical route would be a straight route, if the ground was just flat, with strong enough soil to support the road, and not obstruction, either man made or natural. That would be the best route. But unfortunately, reality is far from that. You must overcome a lot of obstacles, not only physical but also even environmental or legal, to build the road. As a fixed variable, we know we must connect point 1 to point 2, when we plan a road. The rest, depend on many variables, including but is not limited to : The topography of the area that your road will pass from. For example you […] Read More
