Land acquisition and control of adjacent areas
Subtitle: presented at the 31st annual meeting, January 1952
Series: Bulletin - Highway Research Board -- 55; Publication - National Research Council -- 233; Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) -- no. 233; Bulletin (National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board) -- 55
Publisher: The Board
Published: 1952
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Eminent domain; Roads; Roadside improvement
Description: Paper 2: Accidents related to speed, tangent sections and intersections were studied. Paper 3: The Michigan study of roadside features as elements in the accident picture resulted in some general findings about certain basic elements of the accident situations which have developed on highways which traverse suburban areas. Paper 4: Roadside zoning techniques may: (1) control through acquisition by purchase or condemnation of rights essential to roadside development, and (2) control by regulations and restrictions imposed under the police power.
Table of contents: title: Report of Committee on Land Acquisition and Control of Highway Access and Adjacent Areas; title: Final report on the Minnesota roadside study; title: Traffic accidents and roadside features; title: Roadside zoning.