Article: Multi-objective highway alignment optimization using a genetic algorithm.(Report)

Article: Highway alignment optimization through feasible ...
Journal of Advanced Transportation;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... previously developed highway alignment optimization (HAO ... project. Keywords: Highway Alignment Optimization, User ... to the detailed alignment design. They consider ... corridors . Our highway alignment optimization (HAO ...

Article: Outer loop highway alignment meeting offered
THE JOURNAL RECORD;  April 11, 2002 ;     387 words ...A public meeting regarding the proposed alignment of a future outer loop highway in the southwest part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area is scheduled at 7 p.m. April 18 at Westmoore High School, 2613 S. Western Ave. The purpose of the meeting is to provide citizens with information concerning

Article: Interstate 66 plan may hurt Shawnee National Forest in Illinois
University Wire;  March 18, 2004 ;     661 words ... ... will wait to see how Congress decides on the coast-to-coast I-66 bill this year. Phelps said while the highway alignment design is not completed, there would be "minimal, if any, disturbances" to Shawnee National Forest Park. However ...

Article: Geometric design criteria for highway-rail intersections (grade ...
Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... accelerate and clear the grade crossing before a train arrives. Alignment Design. The ideal crossing geometry is a level, 90-degree ... topography and right-of-way limitations. The goal of the alignment design is to allow the driver to focus his or her attention on ...

Article: Establishing highway horizontal alignment to maximize design ...
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... critical locations for safety improvements. Horizontal alignment design mainly involves the design of horizontal curves and tangents ... The operating-speed (OS) profile methods maximize alignment design consistency based on trial and error and can accommodate ...

Article: TRACKING DOWN A LIGHT-RAIL ROUTE MANY AT HEARING IN TUKWILA FAVOR ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... co-chairman Mike Ragsdale said last night the Pacific Highway alignment shifts traffic patterns and divides the community. An ... rail route. Another organization fighting the Pacific Highway alignment, Sound Decisions, spent $5,000 on radio ads to state ...

Article: CHANGES TO DESIGN EQUAL SAVINGS ON T-REX.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... cost of building them. Finally, the same shift in the highway alignment also let the contractor change the design for the northbound ... lengthy bridge over the Belleview ramp. With the shifted highway alignment, it is the Belleview on-ramp that will go over top of ...