Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Planning roads to serve community needs
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 18, no. 12, Dec 1946, pp. 245-257
- Description
This paper, No.924, originated in the Melbourne Division of The Institution, and was presented before a General Meeting of the Division on 16th July, 1946.
The author D. V. Darwin MCE MIEAust is a Member of the Country Roads Board, Victoria.
- Abstract
This paper reviews the place and growing importance of roads in the life and development of the community, and indicates how planning and engineering control of road facilities are being equipped with means of quantitative measurement based on research work and statistical analysis. Applications in both structural design and geometric layout of roads are dealt with. Special reference is made to the State of Victoria.
For convenience, the paper is divided into the following parts:
1. - Purposes of Roads;
2. - Growth and Change of Road Usage;
3. - State Administration of Roads;
4. - Types of Construction;
5. - Legal Limits;
6. - Layout and Planning Problems;
7. - Conclusions, Acknowledgments, References.
