A comparative study of aesthetic transportation designs and procedures

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dc.contributor.advisorHandy, Susan
dc.creatorMason, Richard Clyde, 1948-
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T17:46:50Z
dc.date.available2017-03-10T17:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractState Departments of Transportation (DOTs) have primarily focused their roadway corridor designs on meeting the technical criteria of traffic safety and capacity. Recent legal requirements permitting the consideration of 'aesthetics' as part of the transportation design paradigm have put DOTs in an awkward situation. Many of them do not know what 'aesthetics' are and how to handle the integration of aesthetics into the mainstream of the DOT engineering design of roadway corridors. This paper explores the question of aesthetics in transportation roadway corridors, and compares the installed aesthetic roadway designs of two DOTs (Texas and Arizona) in two urban areas (El Paso and Phoenix) located in similar natural environments (a desert region). The paper illustrates examples of aesthetic designs and presents some observations and conclusions on the emerging transportation aesthetic paradigm.en_US
dc.description.departmentCommunity and Regional Planningen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2WH2DK6J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/46010
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportation--Aesthetic aspects--Texas--El Paso
dc.subject.lcshTransportation--Aesthetic aspects--Arizona--Phoenix
dc.subject.lcshTransportation in art
dc.subject.lcshEngineering design--Texas--El Paso
dc.subject.lcshEngineering design--Arizona--Phoenix
dc.titleA comparative study of aesthetic transportation designs and proceduresen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentCommunity and Regional Planningen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity and Regional Planningen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US

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