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Brody, Scott. Improvement of roadway design for sustainable communities. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-gtmn-b034

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TitleImprovement of roadway design for sustainable communities
NameBrody, Scott (author); Wang, Hao (chair); Jing, Jin (Peter) (member); Mazurek, Monica (member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-05 (degree)
SubjectCivil engineering, Urban planning, Environmental studies, Electric vehicles, Site access, Urban street design
Extent141 pages
DescriptionThis thesis focuses on improving the design of streets and parking. The focus is sustainability, with other factors like safety, equity, health, and livability also discussed. Most American roads are not well designed. They reflect a combination of legacy empirical requirements and unofficial norms. Excessive pavement consumption is common, which harms the environment and urban vitality. Many standard designs are also less safe. The US is currently experiencing a traffic fatality rate several times most European counterparts. One of the barriers to enhanced streets are wide widths mandated by International Code Council and National Fire Protection Association model fire codes. Modifications to these standards based on a survey of codes internationally, fire vehicle dimensions, and an analysis of conflicting standards are presented. These alternatives accommodate all access needs with less pavement.
This thesis goes on to discuss coming charges with Electric Vehicle (EV) rollout. Optimal deployment of charging stations is proposed based on a case study for Middlesex County, New Jersey. Here, it was found there has been a substantial growth in EV registrations, but the network of charging infrastructure has not kept up. The lack of EV charging spaces contrasts with parking in general, for which there is an abundance of excess on and off-street spaces. A survey of needs and recommendations for placing chargers in neighborhood centers, along highways, multiple dwellings, and lodging facilities is presented alongside other data.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-gtmn-b034
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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